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Wound care in geriatrics

Dermatologic Therapy, 2003
Wound care is a crucial aspect in caring for the geriatric population. It is important to recognize a wound when it begins and know the proper treatment once a wound develops. First, it is important to assess the wound and determine the type of wound that is being dealt with. One must establish whether the wound is acute of chronic.
Robert A, Norman, Megan, Bock
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Wound care

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 1989
Knowledge of wound physiology and factors that affect wound healing is extremely valuable to the critical care practitioner. Critical care patients are all inherently at risk for wound healing complications and infection. Early recognition of high-risk patients and optimization of the patient's wound healing resources can, in many cases, prevent such ...
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The ABC’s of Wound Care

Current Cardiology Reports, 2013
Non-healing wounds represent a challenging problem for physicians and patients alike. Although treatment strategies are aimed at specific causes, there are basic management principles that apply to all wounds. The purpose of this article is to review these core management principles as they apply to lower extremity wounds.
Kelly, Bumpus, Michael A, Maier
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The Future of Wound Care

IEEE Pulse, 2020
Wounds, especially chronic wounds, represent a significant clinical, social, and economic challenge. A recent retrospective analysis of Medicare beneficiaries in the United States identified that about 8.2 million people had at least one type of wound, with surgical wounds and diabetic ulcers among the most common and expensive to treat. The study also
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Wound Care Dressings and Choices for Care of Wounds in the Home

Home Healthcare Nurse, 2013
Statistics from various resources report that many patients in home healthcare settings have wounds. These vary from surgical, pressure, neuropathic, trauma, stasis, and venous wounds. These require the assessment, knowledge, and expertise of a clinician to assist them with wound care management.
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Feeding the wound: nutrition and wound care

British Journal of Nursing, 1994
As nurses strive to increase the quality and cost-effectiveness of their care, wound management must include consideration of the nutritional health of the individual and the implications of the wound for nutritional requirements. Time and money spent on expensive dressings may otherwise be wasted and the recovery time of the individual may be ...
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Office Care of Wounds

Pediatrics In Review, 1992
All children experience a variety of minor injuries, the vast majority of which can be cared for easily by a competent parent. Wounds of a larger scope, wounds of a complex nature, or wounds with secondary complications require consultation with the pediatrician.
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Audit in wound care

Journal of Wound Care, 1993
In today's NHS, questions are increasingly being asked about the value for money, cost, cost-effectiveness and quality of care that are offered to patients. While a number of these measures are concerned with the cost of the service, it must be recognised that in the NHS, where funding is obtained from central government, any new service has the ...
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Caring for children with wounds

Journal of Wound Care, 1996
An update on the problems associated with managing children with wounds and their families
S, Bale, V, Jones
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Wound care on the Internet

Nursing Standard, 2000
With public attention firmly focused on 'web' topics, Michael Clark considers the current position and future direction of wound care in his guide to the Internet.
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