Volume 55 - Issue 12 - December, 2009
Department
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Happy Holidays from AAWC
AAWC wishes to thank its members and supporters for their continued participation and contributions to our organization. If you are not yet a member, read on to find out many of the ways the AAWC exists to serve...
Happy Holidays from AAWC
AAWC wishes to thank its members and supporters for their continued participation and contributions to our organization. If you are not yet a member, read on to find out many of the ways the AAWC exists to serve...
Happy Holidays from AAWC
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Wound Management & Prevention
Department
12/01/2009
In November, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) called a hearing to discuss issues pertaining to disclosure rules for drug manufacturers on the Internet. In 2008, the pharmaceutical industry spent $4.4 billion on television and print...
In November, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) called a hearing to discuss issues pertaining to disclosure rules for drug manufacturers on the Internet. In 2008, the pharmaceutical industry spent $4.4 billion on television and print...
In November, the Federal...
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Industry Insider
12/01/2009
Device treats diabetes-associated foot and leg pain
Anodyne Therapy (Tampa, FL), recently launched Anodyne® Freedom 300, the company’s newest product designed to allow patients to affordably and effectively treat foot and leg pain...
Device treats diabetes-associated foot and leg pain
Anodyne Therapy (Tampa, FL), recently launched Anodyne® Freedom 300, the company’s newest product designed to allow patients to affordably and effectively treat foot and leg pain...
Device treats...
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Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
12/01/2009
Pilonidal disease is acute and chronic, affects young men three times more frequently than women, and is believed to be caused by ingrown hairs that stimulate an inflammatory and granulomatous process. In our clinic, most patients with...
Pilonidal disease is acute and chronic, affects young men three times more frequently than women, and is believed to be caused by ingrown hairs that stimulate an inflammatory and granulomatous process. In our clinic, most patients with...
Pilonidal disease is acute...
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Feature
Empirical Studies
12/01/2009
Abstract
The Red-Yellow-Black (RYB) wound classification system was introduced to the US in the late 1980s for the purpose of simplifying wound assessment and guiding treatment. Although the color system was found to have limitations for...
Abstract
The Red-Yellow-Black (RYB) wound classification system was introduced to the US in the late 1980s for the purpose of simplifying wound assessment and guiding treatment. Although the color system was found to have limitations for...
Abstract
The Red-Yellow-Black...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
12/01/2009
Abstract
Researchers working with partners in home care to plan a pragmatic multicenter community-based, randomized, controlled trial for leg ulcer compression treatment realized a smaller pilot study would be necessary. Because no framework...
Abstract
Researchers working with partners in home care to plan a pragmatic multicenter community-based, randomized, controlled trial for leg ulcer compression treatment realized a smaller pilot study would be necessary. Because no framework...
Abstract
Researchers working...
12/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
12/01/2009
Abstract
Accurate, timely wound assessment and documentation is fundamental to nursing practice. A 2005 retrospective chart audit (N = 54) at a rural, 238-bed tertiary care facility in Northeastern Pennsylvania (average daily census 175 to...
Abstract
Accurate, timely wound assessment and documentation is fundamental to nursing practice. A 2005 retrospective chart audit (N = 54) at a rural, 238-bed tertiary care facility in Northeastern Pennsylvania (average daily census 175 to...
Abstract
Accurate, timely wound...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Executive Spotlight
12/01/2009
Mike Genau recently packed up his family and bid a fond farewell to Annapolis, Maryland and headed to San Antonio, Texas to become the Global President of the Active Healing Solutions™ division for Kinetic Concepts Inc (KCI). KCI has two...
Mike Genau recently packed up his family and bid a fond farewell to Annapolis, Maryland and headed to San Antonio, Texas to become the Global President of the Active Healing Solutions™ division for Kinetic Concepts Inc (KCI). KCI has two...
Mike Genau recently packed...
12/01/2009
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Guest Editorial
12/01/2009
Urinary incontinence and overactive bladder (OAB) occur in epidemic proportions in men and women. According to Wein and Rovner,1 OAB is second only to arthritic symptoms as the leading chronic health condition in American adults....
Urinary incontinence and overactive bladder (OAB) occur in epidemic proportions in men and women. According to Wein and Rovner,1 OAB is second only to arthritic symptoms as the leading chronic health condition in American adults....
Urinary incontinence and...
12/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Letters to the Editor
12/01/2009
Dear Editor,
As noted by the authors of the article Serena TE, Bialas P. Persistence of bilayered living-cell therapy donor DNA 10 months after application: a case report. (Ostomy Wound Manage. 2009;55[10]18–22), 10 months is...
Dear Editor,
As noted by the authors of the article Serena TE, Bialas P. Persistence of bilayered living-cell therapy donor DNA 10 months after application: a case report. (Ostomy Wound Manage. 2009;55[10]18–22), 10 months is...
Dear Editor,
As noted by...
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