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Volume 56 - Issue 4 - April, 2010

Feature

Empirical Studies
04/01/2010
Abstract   Pressure ulcer assessment is usually performed at the bedside by a clinician with minimal training in wound assessment. A multidisciplinary panel of United States’ wound experts was assembled to provide anatomically accurate and...
Abstract   Pressure ulcer assessment is usually performed at the bedside by a clinician with minimal training in wound assessment. A multidisciplinary panel of United States’ wound experts was assembled to provide anatomically accurate and...
Abstract   Pressure ulcer...
04/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
04/01/2010
     Doctors at the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine (Winston Salem, NC) have come up with another astounding breakthrough. They recently designed an inkjet printer-like device that sprays new skin cells onto damaged burn tissue...
     Doctors at the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine (Winston Salem, NC) have come up with another astounding breakthrough. They recently designed an inkjet printer-like device that sprays new skin cells onto damaged burn tissue...
     Doctors at the Wake Forest...
04/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
04/01/2010
     Wound debridement is a vital function in wound healing. Chronic wounds may have decreased cellular activity, increased amounts of protease activity, and may stall in various stages of wound healing. As a result, debridement is necessary...
     Wound debridement is a vital function in wound healing. Chronic wounds may have decreased cellular activity, increased amounts of protease activity, and may stall in various stages of wound healing. As a result, debridement is necessary...
     Wound debridement is a...
04/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention

Column

Letter from the Editor
04/01/2010
     Much to the country’s delight/chagrin, we are reforming healthcare. No one is questioning the need to ensure that everyone in the US has access to quality medical care. But what’s the price to insure and why is so much of the burden...
     Much to the country’s delight/chagrin, we are reforming healthcare. No one is questioning the need to ensure that everyone in the US has access to quality medical care. But what’s the price to insure and why is so much of the burden...
     Much to the country’s...
04/01/2010
Wound Management & Prevention