Dear Editors, Skin cancers are a very common malignancy. According to American Cancer Society estimates, more than 70 000 new cases of invasive melanoma and more than 53 000 new cases of melanoma in situ will have occurred in the USA by the end of 2011 (1). However, the annual incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers, such as basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), is more d...

INTRODUCTION Pressure ulcers represent a significant cause of morbidity and health care expenditure in the United States. A pressure ulcer is a lesion of localized injury to the skin or underlying tissue, usually over a bony prominence, resulting from pressure alone or in combination with shear forces. Ulcers are staged based on depth of tissue involvement. Using the revised National Pressure U...

Accurate assessment and documentation of skin conditions facilitate communication among care providers and are critical to effective prevention and mitigation of pressure ulcer. We report developing a prototype mobile system called SAPPIRE (Skin Assessment for Pressure Ulcer Prevention, an Integrated Recording Environment) for an android device to assist nurses with skin assessment and document...

Extract of gazyagi has protective effect against ethanol-induced gastric ulcer and it decreases microscopical ulcer index in rat. At the last some years, treatment of peptic ulcer by medicinal herbs have been were very successful. Gazayagi (Falcaria vulgaris) is a member of Umbelliferae family. In the folk medicines of the west of country, this herb is used for healing of skin ulcer and peptic ...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To assess and compare the predictive validity of the modified Braden and Braden scales and to identify which of the modified Braden subscales are predictive in assessing pressure ulcer risk among orthopaedic patients in an acute care setting. BACKGROUND Although the Braden scale has better predictive validity, literature has suggested that it can be used in conjunction wit...

OSTOMY WOUND MANAGEMENT APRIL 2009 www.o-wm.com Two recent events relate to pressure ulcers. In February 2007, the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) restated its definitions of and staging process for pressure ulcers. Included in the staging process are modifications of the original four stages plus new categories: deep tissue injury and unstageable. In October 2008, the Centers fo...

Patients with Werner's syndrome frequently develop chronic leg ulcers that heal poorly. We present a patient who suffered from this rare syndrome and developed typical heel ulcers. Treatment of the ulcer is challenging, as flap options are limited over the lower third of the leg and skin grafting is not easy as there is a lack of healthy granulations. We successfully treated the ulcer with oste...

BACKGROUND No state peer review organization has attempted to identify processes of care related to pressure ulcer prediction and prevention in US hospitals. OBJECTIVE To profile and evaluate the processes of care for Medicare patients hospitalized at risk for pressure ulcer development by means of the Medicare Quality Indicator System pressure ulcer prediction and prevention module. METHOD...

OBJECTIVE Chronic foot ulcers are a common, severe, and expensive complication threatening life and limb in patients with diabetes. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of dalteparin on ulcer outcome in patients with diabetes, peripheral arterial occlusive disease, and chronic foot ulcers. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 87 patients were investigated in a prospect...

Skin Ulcers are likely to be caused by the increase in UV radiation which occurs as a result of ozone depletion with the culture of the sun. Major other causes of skin cancer are burns, scars, sores, radiation or certain chemicals like arsenic. Moreover, tattooing is considered as a fashion in the younger generations, unaware of the fact that it can cause a skin cancer. However, if detected ear...