Introduction: Issues around wound management is constantly evolving with introduction of newer approaches based on evidence. Nurses’ knowledge about the contemporary issues have been reported differently. The aim of this descriptive study was to examine the wound management knowledge of nurses prior to a skills building workshop. Materials and methods: A descriptive study of 317 nurses who atte...

BACKGROUND Wound management is more than the application of a dressing. It requires a comprehensive and informed approach to the assessment of the patient, their wound and their healing environment OBJECTIVE This article outlines a systematic approach to guide assessment and management of chronic wounds. DISCUSSION An international advisory panel has developed a framework for assessment and...

Main results 5 RCTs met the selection criteria. 3 trials compared hydrogel as a method of debridement with standard wound care (good wound care or gauze). 1 trial compared hydrogel with larval therapy. 1 trial compared surgical debridement with conservative care. In all 5 trials, the primary outcome was complete wound closure. Sample sizes ranged from 29 to 172 patients. In 4 studies, follow up...

Management of chronic wounds remains challenging in terms of prevalence and complexity. Considerable progress has been made in understanding the science of wound healing during the past decade, sparking volumes of publications and the development of hundreds of dressing and therapy options. There is a need for a simpli ed overview of evidence-based criteria to assist in the accurate diagnosis a...

The care and management of patients with chronic wounds and their far-reaching effects challenge both the patient and the practitioner. Further complicating this situation is the paucity of evidence-based treatment strategies for chronic wound care. After searching both MEDLINE and Cochrane databases, we reviewed currently available articles concerning chronic wound care. Utilizing this informa...

BACKGROUND The care of patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) and tissue loss is notoriously challenging and expensive. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of various management strategies to identify those that would optimize value to patients. METHODS A probabilistic Markov model was used to create a detailed simulation of patient-oriented outcomes, including clinical events, wound heal...

Midwestern University Program in Podiatric Medicine and professor of Practice, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. His research and writing interests are in diabetic foot disorders, including ulcers, wound care, infections, and the Charcot foot. He was the 2011 recipient of the prestigious Roger Pecoraro Award from the Foot Care Council of the American Diabetes Association. Adam ...

Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents with chronic wounds require more resources and have relatively high healthcare expenditures compared to Medicare patients without wounds. A retrospective cohort study was conducted using 2006 Medicare Chronic Condition Warehouse claims data for SNF, inpatient, outpatient hospital, and physician supplier settings along with 2006 Long-Term Care M...

With the advent of several innovative wound care management tools, the choice of products and treatment modalities available to clinicians continues to expand. High costs associated with wound care, especially diabetic foot wounds, make it important for clinician scientists to research alternative therapies and optimally incorporate them into wound care protocols appropriately. This article rev...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to evaluate whether simple risk factors can be identified that successfully characterize who will heal and who will not heal among patients who have received standard therapy for diabetic neuropathic foot ulcers. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS For this cohort study, we evaluated >31,000 individuals with a diabetic neuropathic foot ulcer seen in the Curative H...