Volume 51 - Issue 6 - June, 2005

Department

Notes on Practice: Management of a Complex Wound in a Challenging Home Health Care Patient

06/01/2005

Providing care to a patient with a complex wound can be challenging. When a history of diabetes, drug abuse, and apathetic self-care are factored into the wound management equation, hope for a positive outcome is further compromised. In...

Providing care to a patient...

06/01/2005

Wound Management & Prevention

Department

My Scope of Practice: A Passion for Pediatrics

06/01/2005

Most of the time, a child’s pain can be cured with a bandage and a kiss. However, pain management is far more complex for Kristine Rogers, ARNP, MS, CWOCN. Kris is responsible for pain management and skin care, overseeing treatment of...

Most of the time, a child’s...

06/01/2005

Wound Management & Prevention

Department

New Products and Industry News

06/01/2005

Silver dressing helps reduce infection risk Medline Industries Inc. (Mundelein, Ill.) announced the launch of SilvaSorb® Site, a new addition to the company’s line of infection control products. The dressing will help protect insertion...

Silver dressing helps reduce...

06/01/2005

Wound Management & Prevention

Column

The Ostomy Files: Infections of the Peristomal Skin

06/01/2005

At a time when payors, regulators, and accreditors in every clinical setting are carefully examining the development of an infection as an example of potential failure of provider surveillance and prevention, re-examining the etiology of...

At a time when payors,...

06/01/2005

Wound Management & Prevention

Department

CMS New Guidance to LTC Surveyors Effective June 27: F 315 ‚Äî Urinary Incontinence and Catheters

06/01/2005

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Survey and Certification Group will release a new long-term care surveyor guidance document for incontinence and catheters on June 27, effective the same day. Mirroring the format of...

The Centers for Medicare and...

06/01/2005

Wound Management & Prevention

Feature

Empirical Studies

Modifications of the Great Toe Fibular Flap for Diabetic Forefoot and Toe Reconstruction

06/01/2005

Diabetic wounds of the foot and ankle are notoriously difficult to heal in a timely fashion and to keep closed once they do heal.1-4 A myriad of management options involving local wound care measures, conservative wound healing agents,...

Diabetic wounds of the foot...

06/01/2005

Wound Management & Prevention

Empirical Studies

Pediatric Pressure Ulcer Prevalence ‚Äî One Hospital‚Äôs Experience

06/01/2005

A pressure ulcer is an area of localized tissue destruction directly related to prolonged pressure usually created over a bony prominence by an external surface. The management, financial cost, and suffering associated with loss of skin...

A pressure ulcer is an area...

06/01/2005

Wound Management & Prevention

Case Report

Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Bullous Lesions Treated with Trypsin-Balsam of Peru-Castor Oil Ointment: A Case Study

06/01/2005

Case Study Ms. D was a 79-year-old, morbidly obese (323 lb, 5 feet, 1 inch tall) Caucasian woman with an extensive medical and surgical history that included bilateral knee replacement several years previously. She developed large...

Case Study Ms. D was a...

06/01/2005

Wound Management & Prevention

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Editorial

Can We Talk?: Embrace the Future

06/01/2005

Skin fails like any other organ system when stressed beyond its ability to endure. The question is, how much stress is required? Human beings are dynamic organisms. In situations such as critical care and end-of-life, very little...

Skin fails like any other...

06/01/2005

Wound Management & Prevention

Editorial

Editor`s Opinion: Attention, Graduates: Think about the ‚ÄúGolden‚Äù Years

06/01/2005

By the time this issue of Ostomy Wound Management arrives in your mailbox, many readers will have participated in, or witnessed, the spring ritual of graduation. Congratulations to all — and an especially big welcome to those poised to...

By the time this issue of...

06/01/2005

Wound Management & Prevention

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Use of a New Dressing Protocol in Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds on Homebound Patients: A Retrospective Study

Study to determine if the use of a new dressing protocol applied by advanced practice certified wound care nurses at the patient’s residence could be effective in rapid wound resolution.

Understanding Moisture-associated Skin Damage and Best Practice Recommendations

Special Report on MASD written by Elizabeth Faust, MSN, CRNP, CSWS, CWOCN-AP, MAPWCA; Siobhan McCoulough, CNS; and Patricia Idensohn, CNS.

Gelling Fiber Dressings: How Structure and Function Relate to Healing

Biomedical engineer Amit Gefen, BSc, MSc, PhD, discusses dressings in general and gelling dressings in particular from an engineering and clinical use perspective.

The Wound Hygiene Protocol: An Expert Challenge of Complex Wounds

The supplement provides a brief overview of the Wound Hygiene Protocol, developed by ConvaTec, as well as a series of clinical cases presented by experts in their respective fields. These clinical cases challenge the reader to consider how to best approach the reported wound cases.

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