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Volume 56 - Issue 6 - June, 2010

Column

Guest Editorial
06/09/2010
  In October 2009, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute of Medicine1 hosted a public forum on the future of nursing, targeting nursing in the acute care setting. The timing could not have been more fortuitous, given recent...
  In October 2009, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute of Medicine1 hosted a public forum on the future of nursing, targeting nursing in the acute care setting. The timing could not have been more fortuitous, given recent...
  In October 2009, the Robert...
06/09/2010
Wound Management & Prevention

Department

Letters to the Editor
06/09/2010
Regarding Takahashi PY, Chandra A, Cha SS, Crane SJ. A predictive model for venous ulceration in older adults: results of a retrospective cohort study. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2010;56(4):60–66 Dear Editor,   This brief letter of explanation...
Regarding Takahashi PY, Chandra A, Cha SS, Crane SJ. A predictive model for venous ulceration in older adults: results of a retrospective cohort study. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2010;56(4):60–66 Dear Editor,   This brief letter of explanation...
Regarding Takahashi PY, Chandra...
06/09/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
06/09/2010
  A 52-year-old man presented to the emergency room with a 4-day history of scrotal pain, edema, and the rapid development of black, foul-smelling, moist lesions on his scrotum and penis. Blood values revealed an increased white blood cell...
  A 52-year-old man presented to the emergency room with a 4-day history of scrotal pain, edema, and the rapid development of black, foul-smelling, moist lesions on his scrotum and penis. Blood values revealed an increased white blood cell...
  A 52-year-old man presented to...
06/09/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
06/09/2010
Kristin Dietzler, VP and General Manager of Nursing Care at Covidien, offers in depth insight into the types of priorities and operations that are needed for Covidien’s wound care business to continually develop and satisfy customers. Q:...
Kristin Dietzler, VP and General Manager of Nursing Care at Covidien, offers in depth insight into the types of priorities and operations that are needed for Covidien’s wound care business to continually develop and satisfy customers. Q:...
Kristin Dietzler, VP and General...
06/09/2010
Wound Management & Prevention

Feature

Empirical Studies
06/09/2010
Abstract   Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are common, difficult-to-treat, and prone to complications. A prospective, controlled study was conducted to: 1) examine the clinical efficacy of a pressurized topical oxygen therapy (TWO2) device in...
Abstract   Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are common, difficult-to-treat, and prone to complications. A prospective, controlled study was conducted to: 1) examine the clinical efficacy of a pressurized topical oxygen therapy (TWO2) device in...
Abstract   Diabetic foot ulcers...
06/09/2010
Wound Management & Prevention