Volume 53 - Issue 4 - April, 2007
Department
04/01/2007
This April marks the one-year anniversary of the World Wound Care Alliance (WWCA), an initiative within the mission of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC). The WWCA is dedicated to bringing the science of wound care to...
This April marks the one-year anniversary of the World Wound Care Alliance (WWCA), an initiative within the mission of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC). The WWCA is dedicated to bringing the science of wound care to...
This April marks the one-year...
04/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
04/01/2007
A clinical investigation into the relationship between increased periwound skin temperature and localized wound infection
Marjorie Fierheller, RN, BScN, Ms(c); Dr. Michael Clark; Dr. RG Sibbald; Chronic Wound Healing Clinic, Mississauga,...
A clinical investigation into the relationship between increased periwound skin temperature and localized wound infection
Marjorie Fierheller, RN, BScN, Ms(c); Dr. Michael Clark; Dr. RG Sibbald; Chronic Wound Healing Clinic, Mississauga,...
A clinical investigation into...
04/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Industry Insider
04/01/2007
Convex skin barrier molds and shapes to the size of stoma
ConvaTec (Princeton, NJ) now offers SUR-FIT® Durahesive® Moldable Convex Skin Barrier. The flange allows the skin barrier/wafer opening to be molded to the shape and size of the...
Convex skin barrier molds and shapes to the size of stoma
ConvaTec (Princeton, NJ) now offers SUR-FIT® Durahesive® Moldable Convex Skin Barrier. The flange allows the skin barrier/wafer opening to be molded to the shape and size of the...
Convex skin barrier molds and...
04/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
04/01/2007
Regardless of the reason for hospital admission, patients eagerly await discharge. They cannot wait until the day they get to return to their loved ones and the comfort, familiarity, and security of their own surroundings. During...
Regardless of the reason for hospital admission, patients eagerly await discharge. They cannot wait until the day they get to return to their loved ones and the comfort, familiarity, and security of their own surroundings. During...
Regardless of the reason for...
04/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
04/01/2007
The prevention and management of pressure ulcers has become increasingly important in the care of patients, the accreditation of hospitals, and more recently, in hospital and skilled nursing facility (SNF) litigation. Many aspects of...
The prevention and management of pressure ulcers has become increasingly important in the care of patients, the accreditation of hospitals, and more recently, in hospital and skilled nursing facility (SNF) litigation. Many aspects of...
The prevention and management...
04/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
04/01/2007
A biofilm colony is a complex, structured, interdependent community of micro-organisms enclosed in a self-produced polymeric matrix (the biofilm, frequently referred to as glycocalyx or slime). Biofilm is adherent to inert and living...
A biofilm colony is a complex, structured, interdependent community of micro-organisms enclosed in a self-produced polymeric matrix (the biofilm, frequently referred to as glycocalyx or slime). Biofilm is adherent to inert and living...
A biofilm colony is a complex,...
04/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
04/01/2007
Pressure ulcers develop from ischemia of the soft tissues, usually involving the deeper structures closer to bone.1 This results in a “tip of the iceberg” lesion formation, frequently depicted as a cone with the narrow tip at the surface...
Pressure ulcers develop from ischemia of the soft tissues, usually involving the deeper structures closer to bone.1 This results in a “tip of the iceberg” lesion formation, frequently depicted as a cone with the narrow tip at the surface...
Pressure ulcers develop from...
04/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
04/01/2007
The process of normal wound healing involves a patterned response to tissue injury involving intricate interactions among a wide variety of cell types, structural proteins, and growth factors. These interactions frame the three recognized...
The process of normal wound healing involves a patterned response to tissue injury involving intricate interactions among a wide variety of cell types, structural proteins, and growth factors. These interactions frame the three recognized...
The process of normal wound...
04/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Editorial
04/01/2007
I have been teaching undergraduate research and supervising student nurses in clinical settings for more years than I care to think about – years in which advancing technology has changed practice. To facilitate more accurate record-keeping...
I have been teaching undergraduate research and supervising student nurses in clinical settings for more years than I care to think about – years in which advancing technology has changed practice. To facilitate more accurate record-keeping...
I have been teaching...
04/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Letter from the Editor
04/01/2007
It is almost a year since America shared a collective wince/gasp as Barbaro took his fatal misstep at the Preakness last May 20. That moment (particularly, the fear that they would have to immediately put him down) was especially painful...
It is almost a year since America shared a collective wince/gasp as Barbaro took his fatal misstep at the Preakness last May 20. That moment (particularly, the fear that they would have to immediately put him down) was especially painful...
It is almost a year since...
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Wound Management & Prevention
