Volume 50 - Issue 5 - May, 2004
Department
05/01/2004
Medicare Program is Fiscally Unsustainable
According to US Comptroller General David Walker's March 23, 2004 testimony before the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process,1 the shelf-life of the current Medicare Part A and Part B...
Medicare Program is Fiscally Unsustainable
According to US Comptroller General David Walker's March 23, 2004 testimony before the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process,1 the shelf-life of the current Medicare Part A and Part B...
Medicare Program is Fiscally...
05/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
05/01/2004
Background
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG), a rare clinical lesion, is a morpholic description of an inflammatory response presenting as a reaction pattern in the skin. The lesions usually present on the lower extremities but also may appear on...
Background
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG), a rare clinical lesion, is a morpholic description of an inflammatory response presenting as a reaction pattern in the skin. The lesions usually present on the lower extremities but also may appear on...
Background
Pyoderma...
05/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
05/01/2004
Company adds third modality, safety feature option for its dual-function specialty surface
Span-America Systems, Inc. (Greenville, SC) has added a deluxe control unit as an optional upgrade to its top-selling PressureGuard® APM2 support...
Company adds third modality, safety feature option for its dual-function specialty surface
Span-America Systems, Inc. (Greenville, SC) has added a deluxe control unit as an optional upgrade to its top-selling PressureGuard® APM2 support...
Company adds third modality,...
05/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
05/01/2004
Lymphedema is a complex, unappreciated, and chronically progressive medical condition. Appropriate management requires a correct diagnosis and an understanding of the underlying pathophysiology. Fluid retaining conditions and mechanical...
Lymphedema is a complex, unappreciated, and chronically progressive medical condition. Appropriate management requires a correct diagnosis and an understanding of the underlying pathophysiology. Fluid retaining conditions and mechanical...
Lymphedema is a complex,...
05/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
05/01/2004
Animals feed; man eats. Only the man of intellect and judgment knows how to eat. - Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Over the years, hundreds of articles have been written about appropriate diets for a person with a stoma, listing specific...
Animals feed; man eats. Only the man of intellect and judgment knows how to eat. - Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Over the years, hundreds of articles have been written about appropriate diets for a person with a stoma, listing specific...
Animals feed; man eats. Only...
05/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
05/01/2004
Darren Hammond, MPT, CWS, is a man of many callings. First he pursued a Bachelor's degree in Athletic Training. Then he earned his Masters degree in physical therapy. That spawned an interest in chronic wound care, which soon evolved into...
Darren Hammond, MPT, CWS, is a man of many callings. First he pursued a Bachelor's degree in Athletic Training. Then he earned his Masters degree in physical therapy. That spawned an interest in chronic wound care, which soon evolved into...
Darren Hammond, MPT, CWS, is...
05/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
05/01/2004
Obesity is best described as the excessive accumulation of body fat. This chronic condition often manifests as a slow, steady, progressive increase in body weight. In one sense, the cause of obesity is straightforward - the state of...
Obesity is best described as the excessive accumulation of body fat. This chronic condition often manifests as a slow, steady, progressive increase in body weight. In one sense, the cause of obesity is straightforward - the state of...
Obesity is best described as...
05/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
05/01/2004
Purpose. The protocol is designed to outline the management of the bariatric patient.
Indication. Bariatrics is the practice of medicine relating to the treatment of obesity and associated conditions. The obese patient may or may not...
Purpose. The protocol is designed to outline the management of the bariatric patient.
Indication. Bariatrics is the practice of medicine relating to the treatment of obesity and associated conditions. The obese patient may or may not...
Purpose. The protocol is...
05/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
05/01/2004
Elderly people encompass a large range of ages, from 65 to well over 100 years of age. The US census for 2000 reported 35 million people over the age of 65, representing approximately 12.4% of the total US population. People over age 85...
Elderly people encompass a large range of ages, from 65 to well over 100 years of age. The US census for 2000 reported 35 million people over the age of 65, representing approximately 12.4% of the total US population. People over age 85...
Elderly people encompass a...
05/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Guest Editorial
05/01/2004
Every time I see or hear the word non-compliant or read an article1 on the subject, I feel pain. I was once the recipient of that label. I read it in my medical records. Nothing prepared me for what it feels like to be on the receiving...
Every time I see or hear the word non-compliant or read an article1 on the subject, I feel pain. I was once the recipient of that label. I read it in my medical records. Nothing prepared me for what it feels like to be on the receiving...
Every time I see or hear the...
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Wound Management & Prevention
