The cost of illness of pressure ulcers in The Netherlands.

abstract：:Primary and metastatic malignancies may occasionally mimic or coexist with cutaneous fungal infections. The authors report 3 cases of cancers that were initially presumed to be cutaneous fungal infections. Dermatologists should maintain a low threshold for skin biopsy in patients with persistent or refractory fungal i...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Ladizinski B,Alavi A,Jambrosic J,Mistry N,Sibbald RG

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Qoustic Wound Therapy System (Arobella Medical, LLC, Minnetonka, Minnesota) kills planktonic bacterial cells and/or removes bacterial biofilms. DESIGN:The Qoustic Wound Therapy System was evaluated against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus epidermid...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Karau MJ,Piper KE,Steckelberg JM,Kavros SJ,Patel R

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To provide physicians and nurses with an overview of diabetic foot assessment. TARGET AUDIENCE:This continuing-education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in learning about proper diabetic foot assessment. OBJECTIVES:After reading the article and taking the test, the participant ...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Kravitz SR,McGuire J,Shanahan SD

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify and evaluate current mathematical formulas used to assess the rate of wound healing. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Cochrane Systematic Review databases, from 1965 to 2004. STUDY SELECTION:Papers selected for the study met the following inclusion criteria: (1) participants had chronic venous,...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Jessup RL

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboangiitis obliterans, or Buerger disease, is a rare nonatherosclerotic segmental inflammatory vasculitis that generally affects young tobacco smokers. Although no surgical treatment is available, the most effective way to halt the disease's progress is smoking cessation. In this case report, a 29-year-old smoker...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： D'Alessio I,Settembrini AM,Romagnoli S,Di Luca G,Domanin M,Gabrielli L

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of arginine supplementation on wound healing, as measured by wound size and healing rate, in older adults in acute and long-term care (LTC) settings. DATA SOURCES:PubMed, CINAHL Plus, Google Scholar, and OpenGrey databases. STUDY SELECTION:Randomized clinical trials and clinical studie...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Schneider KL,Yahia N

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the peer-reviewed literature that compares advanced venous leg ulcer therapies to standard of care with compression dressings. METHODS:A MEDLINE search for venous ulcer treatment with electrical stimulation, surgical vein correction, and bioengineered tissues was conducted. Randomized clinical tr...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Thakral G,La Fontaine J,Kim P,Najafi B,Nichols A,Lavery LA

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine what factors increase the risk of early wound complications in patients undergoing direct anterior total hip arthroplasty whose wounds were closed with 2-octyl cyanoacrylate with mesh. METHODS:This study was a retrospective review of 75 consecutive patients who underwent direct anterior total hi...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Pachter CS,Garfinkel JH,Cochrane NH,Romness DW,Gladnick BP

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of different dressing methods on the wound healing process after pilonidal sinus surgery. METHODS:In this clinical trial, 60 patients undergoing pilonidal sinus surgery were randomly assigned to one of three groups. In the first group, hydrogel or alginate and hydrocolloid compounds we...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Sadati L,Froozesh R,Beyrami A,Khaneghah ZN,Elahi SA,Asl MF,Salehi T

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To provide the practitioner with current information on the most common nail disorders. TARGET AUDIENCE:This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in wound care and related disorders. OBJECTIVES:After reading this article and taking this test, the reader should b...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Alavi A,Woo K,Sibbald RG

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of the present study was to evaluate the effects of hydroalcoholic extract-based carboxy methyl cellulose (CMC) gel of Punica granatum peel (PCMC) and CMC on healing of full-thickness skin wounds. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Forty-two rats were studied. Each rat had 3 wounds that were treated topically wi...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Zekavat O,Amanat A,Karami M,Paydar S,Gramizadeh B,Zareian-Jahromi M

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is a mainstay in the treatment of acute and chronic wounds. Following the success of the Vacuum-Assisted Closure system (Kinetic Concepts Inc [KCI], an Acelity Company, San Antonio, Texas), many similar systems were developed with minor variations. However, these systems...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Serena TE,Buan JS

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether prostaglandin E2 improves angiogenesis in full-thickness skin grafts. DESIGN:Randomized study SUBJECTS:20 male rabbits, divided into 2 experimental and 2 control groups. METHODOLOGY:Prostaglandin E2 (experimental groups) or prostaglandin E2 vehicle (control groups) was injected locally...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Khozani TT,Noorafshan A,Nikeghbalian S,Panjeh-Shahin MR,Dehghani F,Azizi M,Tanideh N

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Urinary Bladder Matrix (UBM) is an extracellular matrix (ECM) scaffold. It is now used in wound care management of partial and full-thickness wounds where conventional methods for wound care usually fail to give satisfactory results. OBJECTIVE:In this study, the authors are comparing the healing of full-t...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Eweida A,Saad M,Gabr E,Marei M,Khalil MR

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wound care professionals should consider all this attention to the key word documentation as your 2015 "heads-up." You should conduct a self-audit and request an external audit of your own documentation against all the regulations, LCDs, Policy Articles, newsletters, and educational programs that CMS and your MACs are...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Schaum KD

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PROBLEM:The diabetic population is at an increased risk, up to 15% over a lifetime, to develop leg and foot ulcers due to such factors as neuropathy, ischemia, and infection. The tight control of glucose levels as possible is necessary to prevent the diabetic complications by preventing microvascular changes that predi...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Markuson M,Hanson D,Anderson J,Langemo D,Hunter S,Thompson P,Paulson R,Rustvang D

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the healing rate of forefoot ulcers in patients with diabetes treated using a total contact cast with those treated using alternative off-loading methods. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of healing rates of forefoot ulcers. SETTING:Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Diabetes Foot Prog...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Birke JA,Pavich MA,Patout CA Jr,Horswell R

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A continuing complication, pressure injuries are due to sustained mechanical loading and tissue deformations, which can then be exacerbated by additional intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors. Although support surfaces are designed to mitigate risk factors for pressure injuries, the presence of a turn and pos...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Call E,Tanner L,Cheney A,Rappl L,Santamaria N,Gefen A,Oberg C

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Health care professionals are faced with the ongoing challenge of improving performance. From physicians and nurses to process improvement experts, health care professionals are discovering new approaches to increasing the overall effectiveness of procedures used in clinical areas. One way to collect data use...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Amlung SR,Miller WL,Bosley LM

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of a biosynthetic cellulose wound dressing (BWD) to stimulate wound healing in patients with a venous leg ulcer on periulcer skin condition when compared with standard care using a foam dressing. METHODS:Each patient with a venous ulcer received compres...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Dini V,Romanelli M,Andriessen A,Barbanera S,Bertone MS,Brilli C,Abel M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among lower extremity chronic wounds, heel ulcers present one of the greatest challenges to the wound care provider. The potential for these ulcers to progress to osteomyelitis of the calcaneus is well known. The concept of "what to take off the wound" is a known clinical axiom; however, extensive debridement or surgi...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Karr J

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of a pressure injury prevention algorithm on pressure injury prevention. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:This intervention study was conducted in the anesthesiology and reanimation ICU (ARICU) of a university hospital. The study included two sample groups (nurses and patients). All p...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Yilmazer T,Bulut H

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genital trauma during vaginal delivery may result from episiotomy, spontaneous perineal tears (perineum, vagina), or both. In 2012, this study aimed to investigate the effect of warm compress bistage intervention on the rate of episiotomy, perineal trauma, and postpartum pain intensity in the primiparous wom...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Akbarzadeh M,Vaziri F,Farahmand M,Masoudi Z,Amooee S,Zare N

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of a wound support network model between the primary home care service and the hospital. The impact on wound healing rate, cost benefit, and transfer of knowledge was investigated. INTERVENTION:The intervention group was exposed to a wound support network (n = 3...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Bergersen TK,Storheim E,Gundersen S,Kleven L,Johnson M,Sandvik L,Kvaerner KJ,Ørjasæter NO

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To enhance the learner's competence with knowledge of the effectiveness of shear-reducing insoles for prevention of foot ulceration in patients with high-risk diabetes. TARGET AUDIENCE:This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in skin and wound care. OBJECTIVES:...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Lavery LA,LaFontaine J,Higgins KR,Lanctot DR,Constantinides G

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the dietary habits and anthropometric and biochemical parameters of patients with active venous leg ulcers and to verify the association of these variables with wound duration and area. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:A cross-sectional study conducted with 33 participants diagnosed with venous ...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Melo PG,Mota JF,Nunes CAB,Amaral KVA,Coelho ASG,Bachion MM

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bed positioning poses a subtle, yet important, tradeoff in the competing needs of hospitalized patients, particularly those susceptible to lower respiratory tract infections and/or pressure ulcers. Although it is widely held that a minimum 30° incline is necessary to mitigate risk of ventilator-acquired pneumonia, it ...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Crane BA,Wininger M,Kunsman M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wound care professionals should carefully inspect and audit their coding and billing practices in light of (1) the OIG's 2014 Semiannual Report to Congress and (2) the 2015 OIG Work Plan.You can read the details of both documents by following the Internet links provided earlier in this article. Conducting those self-a...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Schaum KD

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review the etiology, anatomy, pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, and treatment of compartment syndrome. TARGET AUDIENCE:This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in wound care. OBJECTIVES:After reading this article and taking this test, the reader shoul...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Salcido R,Lepre SJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fasciotomy incision closure is often performed with skin grafts that can lead to cosmetic and functional complications after surgical intervention. Because fasciotomy incisions do not result in skin loss, the authors hypothesized that better closure can be achieved by reducing tissue edema with negative-pres...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Eceviz E,Çevik HB

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00