Use of Convexity in Ostomy Care

Use of Convexity in Ostomy Care

Ostomy skin barriers that incorporate a convexity feature have been available in the marketplace for decades, but limited resources are available to guide clinicians in selection and use of convex products. Given the widespread use of convexity, and the need to provide practical guidelines for appropriate use of pouching systems with convex features, an international consensus panel was convene...

Ostomy care and radiation therapy.

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Ostomy patients’ perception of the health care received

AIM to describe ostomy patient's perception about health care received, as well as their needs and suggestions for healthcare system improvement. METHOD qualitative phenomenological study was conducted, involving individual and semi-structured interviews on the life experiences of 21 adults who had a digestive stoma. Participants were selected following a purposive sampling approach. The anal...

Content validation of a standardized algorithm for ostomy care.

The number of ostomy care clinician experts is limited and the majority of ostomy care is provided by non-specialized clinicians or unskilled caregivers and family. The purpose of this study was to obtain content validation data for a new standardized algorithm for ostomy care developed by expert wound ostomy continence nurse (WOCN) clinicians. After face validity was established using...