Volume 52 - Issue 4 - April, 2006
Case Report
04/01/2006
A fistula is an abnormal opening between two or more organs or structures. The etiology of postsurgical fistula formation varies widely according to the organs involved, precipitating factors, patient risk factors, and surgical technique...
A fistula is an abnormal opening between two or more organs or structures. The etiology of postsurgical fistula formation varies widely according to the organs involved, precipitating factors, patient risk factors, and surgical technique...
A fistula is an abnormal...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
04/01/2006
Venous leg ulceration (VLU) affects approximately 0.6% of the western population1 and accounts for millions of dollars in healthcare expenditures every year. In view of rising budgetary restraints, staff shortages, scarcer resources,...
Venous leg ulceration (VLU) affects approximately 0.6% of the western population1 and accounts for millions of dollars in healthcare expenditures every year. In view of rising budgetary restraints, staff shortages, scarcer resources,...
Venous leg ulceration (VLU)...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
04/01/2006
To cure occasionally, to relieve often, to comfort always. — Ancient Greek Epigraph
Ichthyoses are a heterogeneous group of genetic dermatologic scaling skin disorders characterized by dry, thickened, scaling skin. The name is...
To cure occasionally, to relieve often, to comfort always. — Ancient Greek Epigraph
Ichthyoses are a heterogeneous group of genetic dermatologic scaling skin disorders characterized by dry, thickened, scaling skin. The name is...
To cure occasionally, to...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
04/01/2006
The aging process produces multiple changes in the skin and underlying tissues that render elderly persons more susceptible to injury and less able to heal. Clinical study results have documented a decline in the number of mast cells and...
The aging process produces multiple changes in the skin and underlying tissues that render elderly persons more susceptible to injury and less able to heal. Clinical study results have documented a decline in the number of mast cells and...
The aging process produces...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Letter from the Editor
04/01/2006
Congratulations. If you are reading this journal, you have achieved some measure of success. You established a career path, earned a clinical degree and/or certification, and added initials after your name. You are making a difference in...
Congratulations. If you are reading this journal, you have achieved some measure of success. You established a career path, earned a clinical degree and/or certification, and added initials after your name. You are making a difference in...
Congratulations. If you are...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Letters to the Editor
04/01/2006
Silver is still confusing
Dear Editor,
Despite the title, the article Brett DW, A discussion of silver as an antimicrobial agent: alleviating the confusion (Ostomy Wound Manage. 2006;52[1]:34–41) only added to the confusion.
If...
Silver is still confusing
Dear Editor,
Despite the title, the article Brett DW, A discussion of silver as an antimicrobial agent: alleviating the confusion (Ostomy Wound Manage. 2006;52[1]:34–41) only added to the confusion.
If...
Silver is still confusing
...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
04/01/2006
A recent meeting in Florida1 included an exemplary presentation on diabetes mellitus. The speaker had a frightening set of chronological slides that illustrated the mounting overweight and obesity epidemic in the US over the past several...
A recent meeting in Florida1 included an exemplary presentation on diabetes mellitus. The speaker had a frightening set of chronological slides that illustrated the mounting overweight and obesity epidemic in the US over the past several...
A recent meeting in Florida1...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
04/01/2006
Pathology and Risk Factors of Perineal Skin Breakdown
Perineal skin breakdown secondary to incontinence can range in severity and may present as one or all of the following symptoms: erythema, swelling, oozing, vesiculation, crusting,...
Pathology and Risk Factors of Perineal Skin Breakdown
Perineal skin breakdown secondary to incontinence can range in severity and may present as one or all of the following symptoms: erythema, swelling, oozing, vesiculation, crusting,...
Pathology and Risk Factors of...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
04/01/2006
In the quest to maintain skin integrity, reduce pain, and improve outcomes for preterm infants (babies born before 37 weeks gestation1), neonatal intensive care clinicians must balance technology with tissue protection. Protecting the...
In the quest to maintain skin integrity, reduce pain, and improve outcomes for preterm infants (babies born before 37 weeks gestation1), neonatal intensive care clinicians must balance technology with tissue protection. Protecting the...
In the quest to maintain...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
04/01/2006
Front lines. We use the armed services metaphor to refer to clinicians directly involved in patient care. For Olga C. Rodriguez, MSN, RN, CPHQ (Colonel, Army Nurse and Deputy Commander for Nursing), the term is not an analogy.
The...
Front lines. We use the armed services metaphor to refer to clinicians directly involved in patient care. For Olga C. Rodriguez, MSN, RN, CPHQ (Colonel, Army Nurse and Deputy Commander for Nursing), the term is not an analogy.
The...
Front lines. We use the...
04/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
