Volume 57 - Issue 4 - April 2011
Department
04/10/2011
Long before I entered the pressure ulcer prevention and management field, incontinence in elderly people, particularly those confined to a bed or chair, was closely associated with compromised skin integrity and the risk of skin breakdown....
Long before I entered the pressure ulcer prevention and management field, incontinence in elderly people, particularly those confined to a bed or chair, was closely associated with compromised skin integrity and the risk of skin breakdown....
Long before I entered the...
04/10/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
04/10/2011
Patients often complain about fatigue and tiredness. Some might even say, “Maybe I am low on iron.” What they are suggesting is the presence of iron deficiency anemia, which occurs when iron is sufficiently deficient to diminish...
Patients often complain about fatigue and tiredness. Some might even say, “Maybe I am low on iron.” What they are suggesting is the presence of iron deficiency anemia, which occurs when iron is sufficiently deficient to diminish...
Patients often complain about...
04/10/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
04/10/2011
Moisture is a key component for keeping every cell in the body alive and functioning. The concept moist wound healing originated in 1962 when George Winter discovered that epithelialization would proceed twice as fast in a moist environment...
Moisture is a key component for keeping every cell in the body alive and functioning. The concept moist wound healing originated in 1962 when George Winter discovered that epithelialization would proceed twice as fast in a moist environment...
Moisture is a key component...
04/10/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Literature Review
04/10/2011
Abstract
Currently available research suggests that negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) creates a moist wound healing environment, drains exudate, reduces tissue edema, contracts the wound edges, mechanically stimulates the wound bed,...
Abstract
Currently available research suggests that negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) creates a moist wound healing environment, drains exudate, reduces tissue edema, contracts the wound edges, mechanically stimulates the wound bed,...
Abstract
Currently available...
04/10/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
04/10/2011
AAWC adopts new mission statement
The Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) has adopted a new mission statement: “To be the leader in interdisciplinary wound healing and tissue preservation.”
The AAWC Board of Directors’...
AAWC adopts new mission statement
The Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) has adopted a new mission statement: “To be the leader in interdisciplinary wound healing and tissue preservation.”
The AAWC Board of Directors’...
AAWC adopts new mission...
04/10/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Industry Insider
04/10/2011
Soothing antifungal cream relieves skin discomfort
3M Skin & Wound Care (St. Paul, MN) introduced easy-to-apply 3M Cavilon Antifungal Cream. The new cream soothes redness, irritation, scaling, itching, and burning associated with...
Soothing antifungal cream relieves skin discomfort
3M Skin & Wound Care (St. Paul, MN) introduced easy-to-apply 3M Cavilon Antifungal Cream. The new cream soothes redness, irritation, scaling, itching, and burning associated with...
Soothing antifungal cream...
04/10/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Letter from the Editor
04/10/2011
Mensch tracht, Gott lacht (Man plans, God laughs). — Yiddish proverb
Statistician and soothsayer I am not. What I am is a worrier. Thus, the term prevention carries great weight with me. Anything that can be done to forestall a problem not...
Mensch tracht, Gott lacht (Man plans, God laughs). — Yiddish proverb
Statistician and soothsayer I am not. What I am is a worrier. Thus, the term prevention carries great weight with me. Anything that can be done to forestall a problem not...
Mensch tracht, Gott lacht (Man...
04/10/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Featured Abstracts
04/10/2011
April 14–17, 2011 Gaylord Texan Hotel and Convention Center Dallas, Texas
The SAWC and WHS are back in Texas for what promises to be an information-packed conference. More than 300 abstracts (potential oral and poster presentations) were...
April 14–17, 2011 Gaylord Texan Hotel and Convention Center Dallas, Texas
The SAWC and WHS are back in Texas for what promises to be an information-packed conference. More than 300 abstracts (potential oral and poster presentations) were...
April 14–17, 2011 Gaylord Texan...
04/10/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
04/10/2011
Abstract
Coverage of large skin defects, especially following tumor resection and in patients who are not good candidates for procedures requiring general anesthesia, may require a staged procedure. The use of dermal substitutes to cover...
Abstract
Coverage of large skin defects, especially following tumor resection and in patients who are not good candidates for procedures requiring general anesthesia, may require a staged procedure. The use of dermal substitutes to cover...
Abstract
Coverage of large...
04/10/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
04/10/2011
Abstract
Achilles tendon wounds are therapeutically challenging. The tendon`s functional importance, the paucity of soft tissue surrounding the ankle, and common patient comorbidities often limit surgical reconstructive procedure...
Abstract
Achilles tendon wounds are therapeutically challenging. The tendon`s functional importance, the paucity of soft tissue surrounding the ankle, and common patient comorbidities often limit surgical reconstructive procedure...
Abstract
Achilles tendon wounds...
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Wound Management & Prevention
