pressure ulcers

Pressure Injuries

Pressure Ulcer Litigation: What is the Wound Center’s Liability?

09/06/2017

Kim Petrone, MD, CWS-P, & Leanne Mathis, RN, BSN, MHA, CWS, CWOCN

Kim Petrone, MD, CWS-P, & Leanne ...

The prevalence of pressure ulcers across all care settings is significant and expected to increase in the foreseeable future due to the aging population. As such, clinicians practicing in outpatient wound centers will be challenged with an...

The prevalence of pressure...

09/06/2017

Today's Wound Clinic

Pressure Injuries

Adapting Pressure ‘Injury’ Prevention Programs for Use in the Outpatient Clinic

02/07/2017

Rebekah Barrette, MS, RN, PCNS-BC, WCC & Melissa R. Bennetts, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC

Rebekah Barrette, MS, RN, PCNS-BC, WC...

Wound care facilities can borrow specific inpatient strategies when caring for patients who’ve been recently discharged from the hospital. This article will focus on the pediatric population.

Wound care facilities can borrow...

02/07/2017

Today's Wound Clinic

Original Research

The Incidence of Pressure Ulcers in the Emergency Department: A Meta-analysis

10/27/2016

Peng Liu

Wang-Qin Shen

Hong-Lin Chen

10/27/2016

Wounds

Original Research

The Effect of a Bacteria- and Fungi-binding Mesh Dressing on the Bacterial Load of Pressure Ulcers Treated With Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: A Pilot Study

08/16/2016

Marino Ciliberti

Francesco De Lara

Gianfranco Serra

Felice Tafuro

Francesco Maria Iazzetta

Alessia Filosa

Rosa Scognamiglio

Giorgia Ciliberti

Maria Rosaria Veneri

08/16/2016

Wounds

Letter from the Editor

Pressure Ulcer Vs. 'Injury'

06/13/2016

Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM

The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) recently met in Chicago for the 2016 Staging Consensus Conference. In the days following the meeting, the organization announced it will, effective immediately, use “pressure injury” to...

The National Pressure Ulcer...

06/13/2016

Today's Wound Clinic

Appropriate Treatment of Pediatric Pressure Ulcers Among The Special Needs Population in the Outpatient Clinic: An Introduction

05/09/2016

Margie Rodriguez, MSN, RN, WCC

Margie Rodriguez, MSN, RN, WCC ...

Caring for the medically fragile is complex. This article provides an overview on treatment strategies to consider for young patients living with wounds and special needs.

Caring for the medically fragile...

05/09/2016

Today's Wound Clinic

Original Research

Failure to Reposition After Sliding Down in Bed Increases Pressure at the Sacrum and Heels

07/10/2015

Michel H. E. Hermans

Evan Call

07/10/2015

Wounds

Original Research

Palliative Wound Treatment Promotes Healing