Volume 50 - Issue 3 - March, 2004
Column
Guest Editorial
03/01/2004
New management tools are constantly coming onto the clinical scene for wound care, including dressings, specialty beds, treatment modalities, and assessment instruments. The researcher's job is to decide if they are as good as the...
New management tools are constantly coming onto the clinical scene for wound care, including dressings, specialty beds, treatment modalities, and assessment instruments. The researcher's job is to decide if they are as good as the...
New management tools are...
03/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Letters to the Editor
03/01/2004
Dear Editor,
Regarding "Small Details Make A Difference: Tail Closures" (Ostomy/Wound Management. 2004;50[1]:12), the article criticized Velcro® because it catches on clothing, tends to become soiled, and is difficult to clean. In our...
Dear Editor,
Regarding "Small Details Make A Difference: Tail Closures" (Ostomy/Wound Management. 2004;50[1]:12), the article criticized Velcro® because it catches on clothing, tends to become soiled, and is difficult to clean. In our...
Dear Editor,
Regarding...
03/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
03/01/2004
Until recently, my life was filled with endless pain and suffering. A chronic vascular insufficiency has kept me on a long, difficult path paved with the grisly and somewhat gruesome consequences of recurring stasis ulcers. Although my...
Until recently, my life was filled with endless pain and suffering. A chronic vascular insufficiency has kept me on a long, difficult path paved with the grisly and somewhat gruesome consequences of recurring stasis ulcers. Although my...
Until recently, my life was...
03/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
03/01/2004
A pressure ulcer is a localized area of tissue necrosis that occurs when soft tissue is compressed between a bony prominence and an external surface. This condition occurs most commonly in frail, elderly patients, but may occur in persons...
A pressure ulcer is a localized area of tissue necrosis that occurs when soft tissue is compressed between a bony prominence and an external surface. This condition occurs most commonly in frail, elderly patients, but may occur in persons...
A pressure ulcer is a...
03/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
