Volume 52 - Issue 4 - April, 2006
Department
04/01/2006
Of the estimated 16 million Americans who have diabetes, 15% to 20% will develop a diabetic foot ulcer.1 There are 2.5 million Americans with venous leg ulcers2; more than 2.1 million have pressure ulcers.3 This year the first baby boomer...
Of the estimated 16 million Americans who have diabetes, 15% to 20% will develop a diabetic foot ulcer.1 There are 2.5 million Americans with venous leg ulcers2; more than 2.1 million have pressure ulcers.3 This year the first baby boomer...
Of the estimated 16 million...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Special Report
04/01/2006
Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcers: The 3-Step Program is a professionally produced, non-commercial, 18-minute video designed to help people with diabetes and their family members understand three important steps they can take to help...
Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcers: The 3-Step Program is a professionally produced, non-commercial, 18-minute video designed to help people with diabetes and their family members understand three important steps they can take to help...
Preventing Diabetic Foot...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
04/01/2006
Undergarment briefs help nourish and protect skin
Medline Industries Inc. (Mundelein, Ill) announces the launch of Restore™ briefs treated with Remedy™ Skin Repair Cream, a new skin care treatment that nourishes and protects patients’...
Undergarment briefs help nourish and protect skin
Medline Industries Inc. (Mundelein, Ill) announces the launch of Restore™ briefs treated with Remedy™ Skin Repair Cream, a new skin care treatment that nourishes and protects patients’...
Undergarment briefs help nourish...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
04/01/2006
A recent meeting in Florida1 included an exemplary presentation on diabetes mellitus. The speaker had a frightening set of chronological slides that illustrated the mounting overweight and obesity epidemic in the US over the past several...
A recent meeting in Florida1 included an exemplary presentation on diabetes mellitus. The speaker had a frightening set of chronological slides that illustrated the mounting overweight and obesity epidemic in the US over the past several...
A recent meeting in Florida1...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
04/01/2006
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a worldwide health problem. In addition to delaying HIV progression, a goal of treatment is to maintain optimal quality of life. Because wounds have the...
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a worldwide health problem. In addition to delaying HIV progression, a goal of treatment is to maintain optimal quality of life. Because wounds have the...
Human immunodeficiency virus...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
04/01/2006
A fistula is an abnormal opening between two or more organs or structures. The etiology of postsurgical fistula formation varies widely according to the organs involved, precipitating factors, patient risk factors, and surgical technique...
A fistula is an abnormal opening between two or more organs or structures. The etiology of postsurgical fistula formation varies widely according to the organs involved, precipitating factors, patient risk factors, and surgical technique...
A fistula is an abnormal...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
04/01/2006
Venous leg ulceration (VLU) affects approximately 0.6% of the western population1 and accounts for millions of dollars in healthcare expenditures every year. In view of rising budgetary restraints, staff shortages, scarcer resources,...
Venous leg ulceration (VLU) affects approximately 0.6% of the western population1 and accounts for millions of dollars in healthcare expenditures every year. In view of rising budgetary restraints, staff shortages, scarcer resources,...
Venous leg ulceration (VLU)...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
04/01/2006
To cure occasionally, to relieve often, to comfort always. — Ancient Greek Epigraph
Ichthyoses are a heterogeneous group of genetic dermatologic scaling skin disorders characterized by dry, thickened, scaling skin. The name is...
To cure occasionally, to relieve often, to comfort always. — Ancient Greek Epigraph
Ichthyoses are a heterogeneous group of genetic dermatologic scaling skin disorders characterized by dry, thickened, scaling skin. The name is...
To cure occasionally, to...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Letter from the Editor
04/01/2006
Congratulations. If you are reading this journal, you have achieved some measure of success. You established a career path, earned a clinical degree and/or certification, and added initials after your name. You are making a difference in...
Congratulations. If you are reading this journal, you have achieved some measure of success. You established a career path, earned a clinical degree and/or certification, and added initials after your name. You are making a difference in...
Congratulations. If you are...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Letters to the Editor
04/01/2006
Silver is still confusing
Dear Editor,
Despite the title, the article Brett DW, A discussion of silver as an antimicrobial agent: alleviating the confusion (Ostomy Wound Manage. 2006;52[1]:34–41) only added to the confusion.
If...
Silver is still confusing
Dear Editor,
Despite the title, the article Brett DW, A discussion of silver as an antimicrobial agent: alleviating the confusion (Ostomy Wound Manage. 2006;52[1]:34–41) only added to the confusion.
If...
Silver is still confusing
...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
