Volume 50 - Issue 8 - August, 2004
Column
Guest Editorial
08/01/2004
Support surfaces are widely accepted as some of the most important tools used to help prevent the development of pressure ulcers and to help heal existing ulcers. Yet, deciding which support surface- which mattress, bed, overlay or...
Support surfaces are widely accepted as some of the most important tools used to help prevent the development of pressure ulcers and to help heal existing ulcers. Yet, deciding which support surface- which mattress, bed, overlay or...
Support surfaces are widely...
08/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
08/01/2004
Correctly staging a pressure ulcer is often a difficult task, even for experienced clinicians. An ulcer rarely fits neatly into one of the required fields of the MDS or OASIS form; plus, these standardized forms require the wound to be...
Correctly staging a pressure ulcer is often a difficult task, even for experienced clinicians. An ulcer rarely fits neatly into one of the required fields of the MDS or OASIS form; plus, these standardized forms require the wound to be...
Correctly staging a pressure...
08/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Letters to the Editor
08/01/2004
Dear Editor,
The particularly apt title of the June editorial - "The Perfect Storm" (Ostomy/Wound Management. 2004;50(6):6-8) - is most definitely not hyperbole. As a country, we will have to make a clear and decisive choice within the...
Dear Editor,
The particularly apt title of the June editorial - "The Perfect Storm" (Ostomy/Wound Management. 2004;50(6):6-8) - is most definitely not hyperbole. As a country, we will have to make a clear and decisive choice within the...
Dear Editor,
The...
08/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
08/01/2004
Bacteria and other micro-organisms affect wound healing. Almost 40 years ago, Bendy et al1 demonstrated a direct link between bacterial wound bioburden and subsequent healing. Further investigation by Robson et al2 confirmed that a wound...
Bacteria and other micro-organisms affect wound healing. Almost 40 years ago, Bendy et al1 demonstrated a direct link between bacterial wound bioburden and subsequent healing. Further investigation by Robson et al2 confirmed that a wound...
Bacteria and other...
08/01/2004
Wound Management & Prevention
