Volume 55 - Issue 4 - April, 2009
Feature
Empirical Studies
04/01/2009
Abstract
The phrasing of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel’s (NPUAP) definition of deep tissue injury (DTI) was based on case reports, clinical observations, and experience. Although etiological studies of DTI, primarily related to...
Abstract
The phrasing of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel’s (NPUAP) definition of deep tissue injury (DTI) was based on case reports, clinical observations, and experience. Although etiological studies of DTI, primarily related to...
Abstract
The phrasing of the...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Letter from the Editor
04/01/2009
Growing up, I thought instant communication meant a string and two empty green bean cans strung across the breezeway between bedroom windows. One friend would yell to the other, “Pick up!” and a satisfying chat ensued (“What are you...
Growing up, I thought instant communication meant a string and two empty green bean cans strung across the breezeway between bedroom windows. One friend would yell to the other, “Pick up!” and a satisfying chat ensued (“What are you...
Growing up, I thought...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Letters to the Editor
04/01/2009
The study presented in Takahashi PY, Kiemele LJ, Chandra A, Cha SS, Targonski PV, A retrospective cohort study of factors that affect healing in long-term care residents with chronic wounds (Ostomy Wound Manage. 2009;55[1]:32–37)...
The study presented in Takahashi PY, Kiemele LJ, Chandra A, Cha SS, Targonski PV, A retrospective cohort study of factors that affect healing in long-term care residents with chronic wounds (Ostomy Wound Manage. 2009;55[1]:32–37)...
The study presented in...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
04/01/2009
Two recent events relate to pressure ulcers. In February 2007, the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) restated its definitions of and staging process for pressure ulcers. Included in the staging process are modifications of...
Two recent events relate to pressure ulcers. In February 2007, the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) restated its definitions of and staging process for pressure ulcers. Included in the staging process are modifications of...
Two recent events relate to...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Meeting Materials
Abstracts
04/01/2009
April 29–29, 2009 Gaylord Texan Hotel and Convention Center Dallas, Texas Of the almost 400 abstracts received for judging, only 24 were accepted for oral presentation. The abstracts for these winning entries are presented here to spark your...
April 29–29, 2009 Gaylord Texan Hotel and Convention Center Dallas, Texas Of the almost 400 abstracts received for judging, only 24 were accepted for oral presentation. The abstracts for these winning entries are presented here to spark your...
April 29–29, 2009 Gaylord Texan...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
