Volume 50 - Issue 4 - April, 2004
Department
04/01/2004
Ostomy Allowables Increased
Last year, the Medicare allowables for several categories of ostomy supplies were increased. Four HCPCS code categories were not included in the 2003 update with the understanding that they would be considered...
Ostomy Allowables Increased
Last year, the Medicare allowables for several categories of ostomy supplies were increased. Four HCPCS code categories were not included in the 2003 update with the understanding that they would be considered...
Ostomy Allowables Increased
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04/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
04/01/2004
Background
Hemophilia A is a congenital bleeding disorder where factor VIII, a protein necessary for normal coagulation, is present in decreased amounts or is completely absent in the blood stream. Of patients with this disorder, 21% to...
Background
Hemophilia A is a congenital bleeding disorder where factor VIII, a protein necessary for normal coagulation, is present in decreased amounts or is completely absent in the blood stream. Of patients with this disorder, 21% to...
Background
Hemophilia A is a...
04/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
04/01/2004
Influence of N-acetyl-L-cysteine on biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa chronic wound isolates in vitro
Alex Cazzaniga, BS; Michael Shelling; John Heaphy; Carlos Ricotti, Jr., MD; Patricia Mertz, BA; and Stephen Davis, BS;
University...
Influence of N-acetyl-L-cysteine on biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa chronic wound isolates in vitro
Alex Cazzaniga, BS; Michael Shelling; John Heaphy; Carlos Ricotti, Jr., MD; Patricia Mertz, BA; and Stephen Davis, BS;
University...
Influence of N-acetyl-L-cysteine...
04/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
04/01/2004
Painful skin reactions can be a source of significant distress to a patient undergoing radiation therapy. Although technological developments have reduced the frequency and severity of skin reactions, they continue to cause pain and...
Painful skin reactions can be a source of significant distress to a patient undergoing radiation therapy. Although technological developments have reduced the frequency and severity of skin reactions, they continue to cause pain and...
Painful skin reactions can be...
04/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
04/01/2004
In mid-February, the United Ostomy Association (UOA) Government Affairs Committee published its Advocacy Report Card 2003.
The Committee, chaired by Linda Aukett, has been extremely proactive in voicing the concerns of the UOA's...
In mid-February, the United Ostomy Association (UOA) Government Affairs Committee published its Advocacy Report Card 2003.
The Committee, chaired by Linda Aukett, has been extremely proactive in voicing the concerns of the UOA's...
In mid-February, the United...
04/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
04/01/2004
Knowledge regarding the biochemical reasons for wound healing failure has grown significantly in recent years; however, transforming this knowledge into clinically useful diagnostic tools and treatments has been slow to occur.
For...
Knowledge regarding the biochemical reasons for wound healing failure has grown significantly in recent years; however, transforming this knowledge into clinically useful diagnostic tools and treatments has been slow to occur.
For...
Knowledge regarding the...
04/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
04/01/2004
Mattresses and beds that move the patient in a regular pattern around a longitudinal (ie, head to foot) axis are variably referred to as lateral rotation, continuous lateral rotation therapy, oscillating therapy, or kinetic...
Mattresses and beds that move the patient in a regular pattern around a longitudinal (ie, head to foot) axis are variably referred to as lateral rotation, continuous lateral rotation therapy, oscillating therapy, or kinetic...
Mattresses and beds that move...
04/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
04/01/2004
Calciphylaxis (CPX) is a potentially fatal complication of end-stage renal disease.1 Many authors have called calciphylaxis a rare phenomenon, a potentially fatal condition, and a syndrome that leads to ischemic ulcerations. Throughout the...
Calciphylaxis (CPX) is a potentially fatal complication of end-stage renal disease.1 Many authors have called calciphylaxis a rare phenomenon, a potentially fatal condition, and a syndrome that leads to ischemic ulcerations. Throughout the...
Calciphylaxis (CPX) is a...
04/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
04/01/2004
As the author of this manuscript suggests, calciphylaxis is certainly a mysterious and confusing disorder and no longer uncommon. As more Americans with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) survive for longer time periods on dialysis, the...
As the author of this manuscript suggests, calciphylaxis is certainly a mysterious and confusing disorder and no longer uncommon. As more Americans with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) survive for longer time periods on dialysis, the...
As the author of this...
04/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Letter from the Editor
04/01/2004
Diseases desperate grown,
By desperate appliances are relieved,
Or not at all. - William Shakespeare
A wound is not a disease. Stedman's Medical Dictionary (the layperson editor's right-hand man), defines a wound as trauma to...
Diseases desperate grown,
By desperate appliances are relieved,
Or not at all. - William Shakespeare
A wound is not a disease. Stedman's Medical Dictionary (the layperson editor's right-hand man), defines a wound as trauma to...
Diseases desperate grown,
...
04/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
