Practical Approaches to Palliative Wound Care (P7)

Chronic wound pain and palliative cancer care.

Practical Approaches to Diabetes Care: An Introduction

Alongside the growing prevalence of diabetes is an increasing complexity of the clinical and therapeutic issues associated with the condition, many of which represent significant challenges to health care professionals involved with diabetes care. Furthermore, with the rapidly and ever-changing knowledge and evidence base associated with managing people with diabetes, translating such considera...

Palliative wound care: managing chronic wounds across life's continuum: a consensus statement from the International Palliative Wound Care Initiative.

W individuals of all ages (from neonates to elders) and all socioeconomic groups develop chronic wounds (i.e., a break or chronic ulcer of the skin and underlying tissue that does not respond to medical or surgical interventions). This is particularly true for people living with advanced/end-stage chronic illnesses associated with arterial or venous insufficiency/ edema (e.g., diabetes mellitus...

Palliative wound care management strategies for palliative patients and their circles of care.

PURPOSE To provide information about palliative wound care management strategies for palliative patients and their circles of care. TARGET AUDIENCE This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in skin and wound care. OBJECTIVES After participating in this educational activity, the participant should be better able to: 1. Recognize study findings,...

Local wound care for malignant and palliative wounds.

PURPOSE To enhance the clinician's competence in providing local wound care for malignant and palliative wounds. TARGET AUDIENCE This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in skin and wound care. OBJECTIVES After participating in this educational activity, the participant should be better able to: