Volume 51 - Issue 4 - April, 2005
Column
04/01/2005
Ostomy surgery profoundly impacts patients, psychologically and physically. However, the literature offers scant help to clinicians who want to understand how age, type of surgery, elapsed time from surgery, and whether a stoma is...
Ostomy surgery profoundly impacts patients, psychologically and physically. However, the literature offers scant help to clinicians who want to understand how age, type of surgery, elapsed time from surgery, and whether a stoma is...
Ostomy surgery profoundly...
04/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
04/01/2005
Pressure ulcers — also known as bedsores, pressure sores, and decubitus ulcers — are localized areas of tissue destruction caused by compression of soft tissue between a bony prominence and an external surface, such as a bed or chair, for...
Pressure ulcers — also known as bedsores, pressure sores, and decubitus ulcers — are localized areas of tissue destruction caused by compression of soft tissue between a bony prominence and an external surface, such as a bed or chair, for...
Pressure ulcers — also known...
04/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Letter from the Editor
04/01/2005
In a perfect world, the passion that directs our choices — in careers, in life partners — would maintain its intensity throughout our lives. The reality is that passion is tested. With not enough time in a day to complete our work-related...
In a perfect world, the passion that directs our choices — in careers, in life partners — would maintain its intensity throughout our lives. The reality is that passion is tested. With not enough time in a day to complete our work-related...
In a perfect world, the...
04/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
