Volume 54 - Issue 5 - May, 2008
Literature Review
05/16/2008
Pressure ulcers are areas of localized tissue damage caused by decreased oxygenation and nutrient delivery as a result of prolonged pressure over a bony prominence.1 Pressure ulcers are a relatively common problem across the spectrum of...
Pressure ulcers are areas of localized tissue damage caused by decreased oxygenation and nutrient delivery as a result of prolonged pressure over a bony prominence.1 Pressure ulcers are a relatively common problem across the spectrum of...
Pressure ulcers are areas of...
05/16/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
05/16/2008
Infected wounds are difficult to treat and often require “advanced” wound healing modalities to supplement conventional wound care using moist dressings and topical agents.1 In these wounds, the presence of devitalized tissue and bacterial...
Infected wounds are difficult to treat and often require “advanced” wound healing modalities to supplement conventional wound care using moist dressings and topical agents.1 In these wounds, the presence of devitalized tissue and bacterial...
Infected wounds are difficult...
05/16/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
05/16/2008
When a patient is regarded as uncooperative (non-compliant is the less acceptable term), care outcomes are less than desirable. Several factors play a role in a patient not following care recommendations. Commonly, non-cooperation may be...
When a patient is regarded as uncooperative (non-compliant is the less acceptable term), care outcomes are less than desirable. Several factors play a role in a patient not following care recommendations. Commonly, non-cooperation may be...
When a patient is regarded as...
05/16/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
05/16/2008
Twice a year, Ostomy Wound Management conducts an ad study to ascertain/document readership, assess how well ads are recalled, and determine what we are doing right (and wrong) editorially. In the interest of camaraderie and to acquaint you...
Twice a year, Ostomy Wound Management conducts an ad study to ascertain/document readership, assess how well ads are recalled, and determine what we are doing right (and wrong) editorially. In the interest of camaraderie and to acquaint you...
Twice a year, Ostomy Wound...
05/16/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
05/16/2008
Quality of life (QoL) is a vague, ethereal construct that reflects an individual’s perspective on life satisfaction regardless of the situation – a subjective phenomenon that can be measured only by the patient.1 Patient QoL can be...
Quality of life (QoL) is a vague, ethereal construct that reflects an individual’s perspective on life satisfaction regardless of the situation – a subjective phenomenon that can be measured only by the patient.1 Patient QoL can be...
Quality of life (QoL) is a...
05/16/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
05/16/2008
Infantile hemangiomas are the most common tumors of infancy. These harmless birth marks appear soon after birth, proliferate for 8 to 18 months, and then steadily regress over next 5 to 8 years, leaving normal or slightly blemished skin.1...
Infantile hemangiomas are the most common tumors of infancy. These harmless birth marks appear soon after birth, proliferate for 8 to 18 months, and then steadily regress over next 5 to 8 years, leaving normal or slightly blemished skin.1...
Infantile hemangiomas are the...
05/16/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Guest Editorial
05/16/2008
Over the last 20 years, the number of studies focusing on wound management has increased dramatically. This new knowledge fuels new transformative approaches to wound care. Thomas Kuhn1 aptly described this epistemological revolution as a...
Over the last 20 years, the number of studies focusing on wound management has increased dramatically. This new knowledge fuels new transformative approaches to wound care. Thomas Kuhn1 aptly described this epistemological revolution as a...
Over the last 20 years, the...
05/16/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Letters to the Editor
05/16/2008
Dear Editor,
I commend Clinical Editor Lia van Rijswijk for her editorial, "First, Do No Harm," that appeared in the March 2008 issue of Ostomy Wound Management.
While she focused on the doctor's (un)cleanliness, I focused on his...
Dear Editor,
I commend Clinical Editor Lia van Rijswijk for her editorial, "First, Do No Harm," that appeared in the March 2008 issue of Ostomy Wound Management.
While she focused on the doctor's (un)cleanliness, I focused on his...
Dear Editor,
I commend...
05/16/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
