Volume 58 - Issue 5 - May 2012
Column
Guest Editorial
05/01/2012
Palliative wound care — ie, the merging of symptom management into advanced wound care — is a relatively new field. The traditional goal of wound care is to heal or prepare for surgical closure, but techniques and procedures involved can be...
Palliative wound care — ie, the merging of symptom management into advanced wound care — is a relatively new field. The traditional goal of wound care is to heal or prepare for surgical closure, but techniques and procedures involved can be...
Palliative wound care — ie,...
05/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
05/01/2012
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) involves the controlled application of subatmospheric pressure to the local wound environment using a sealed wound dressing connected to a vacuum pump.1 This therapy can help convert an open wound into...
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) involves the controlled application of subatmospheric pressure to the local wound environment using a sealed wound dressing connected to a vacuum pump.1 This therapy can help convert an open wound into...
Negative pressure wound...
05/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
05/01/2012
Abstract
The incidence and prevalence of wounds in persons at the end of life is largely unknown, but wounds are estimated to occur in at least one third of hospice patients. At the end of life, healthcare professionals must help the...
Abstract
The incidence and prevalence of wounds in persons at the end of life is largely unknown, but wounds are estimated to occur in at least one third of hospice patients. At the end of life, healthcare professionals must help the...
Abstract
The incidence and...
05/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
