Volume 58 - Issue 1 - January 2012

Industry Insider

01/01/2012

FDA clears single use negative pressure wound therapy system Smith & Nephew plc (Largo, FL) announced FDA clearance of the pocket-sized PICO system, a single-use negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) system. The system is cleared for...

FDA clears single use negative...

01/01/2012

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Nutrition 411: Smoking Cessation, Nutrition, and Wound Healing

01/01/2012

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),1 smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, where every year it is the reason for one out of five deaths. What is it about smoking that...

According to the Centers for...

01/01/2012

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Continence Coach: Today‚Äôs Landscape for Patient-centered Healthcare

01/01/2012

Healthcare initiatives are becoming increasingly patient-centered in focus. One such effort in the past year specifically applies the concept to research. Nurse specialists should be aware of this initiative, because it represents potential...

Healthcare initiatives are...

01/01/2012

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My Scope of Practice: Carpe Diem in Practice

01/01/2012

Time is a wheel in constant motion, always rolling us along. Tell me, who wants to look back at their years and wonder where have those years gone? — Lee Ann Womack Carole Bauer, MSN, ANP-BC, OCN, CWOCN, intends to visit all of the national...

Time is a wheel in constant...

01/01/2012

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Literature Review

Caring for the Patient with a Fecal or Urinary Diversion in Palliative and Hospice Settings: A Literature Review

01/01/2012

Abstract The number of people requiring palliative or hospice care who have a fecal or urinary diversion is increasing, but the literature about the number of persons with a stoma receiving end-of-life care, or research to help guide that...

Abstract The number of people...

01/01/2012

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Special to OWM: The Genesis of the 1st International Symposium on Pediatric Wound Care (ISPeW) and The International Society of Pediatric Wound Care

01/01/2012

To view and to treat pediatric patients with wounds as though they are small adults is to ignore the very essence of vulnerability, potential for congenital malformations, and tenacious physiologic complexities that make these patients...

To view and to treat pediatric...

01/01/2012

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AAWC Update

01/01/2012

Wound care glossary available AAWC Members: Are you enjoying your advance access to our Wound Care Glossary? Log in to our Members-Only area at www.aawconline.org to view this New Year’s gift to you. With more than 300 words and terms,...

Wound care glossary...

01/01/2012

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Meeting Materials

Abstracts

Abstracts Preview: ISPeW Oral Abstracts

01/01/2012

Wound Care Means First Wound Prevention Nutritional Aspects in the Management of Skin Ulcers Muscaritoli M, Gioia, Esposito M Rome, Italy Abstract Although the pathogenesis of skin ulcers (SU) varies largely depending on the reason that...

Wound Care Means First Wound...

01/01/2012

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Abstracts

Abstracts Preview: ISPeW Oral Abstracts, Continued

01/01/2012

Repair and Reconstruction of Complex Wounds in Children: Strategies Santecchia L, Zama M Rome, Italy Abstract The strategies of reconstructive surgery consist of the general types of procedures performed by reconstructive surgeons. These...

Repair and Reconstruction of...

01/01/2012

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Empirical Studies

An In vitro Comparison of Two Silver-containing Antimicrobial Wound Dressings

01/01/2012

Abstract Preclinical studies have shown that release of silver by different wound dressings varies. The purpose of this in vitro study was to compare the antimicrobial activity of silver alginate (SA) and silver carboxymethylcellulose...

Abstract Preclinical studies...

01/01/2012

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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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