ALLMedicine™ Wound Care Center

Mar 25th, 2023 - Surgical site infection (SSI) prolongs the treatment period, delays wound healing, increases antibiotic consumption, and leads to patient death in complicated cases. This case was a 10-day female infant born at 37-week- and 6-day of gestational ag...

Mar 22nd, 2023 - Diabetes mellitus is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the world and its incidence is expected to increase over the next 20 years. Historically there are three described types of diabetes mellitus: Type 1, Type 2, and Gestational. The ...

Mar 21st, 2023 - A multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach is the most efficient way to treat many chronic and serious diseases. In this case report, providers sought to implement an MDT approach to treat a patient with diabetes and foot ulcers, actively involving t...

Mar 18th, 2023 - This pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Virtual Reality (VR)-distraction on pain during multiple Wound Dressing Changes (WDCs). Furthermore, associations between demographic, clinical and psychologica...

Mar 18th, 2023 - Wound healing is multifactorial and requires careful management. Plastic surgeons have an important role in optimizing healing of various wound types, including large wounds; wounds in sensitive areas (eg, face, hands, feet); wounds with exposed v...

Mar 11th, 2020 - Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are life-threatening conditions with high morbidity and mortality. Supportive care management of SJS/TEN is highly variable. A systematic review of the literature was performed by...

Dec 12th, 2019 - Biofilm has been implicated as a barrier to wound healing and it is widely accepted that the majority of wounds not following a normal healing trajectory contain biofilm. Therefore, strategies that inform and engage clinicians to reduce biofilm an...

Sep 4th, 2015 - In this 'Summary Guidance for Daily Practice', we describe the basic principles of prevention and management of foot problems in persons with diabetes. This summary is based on the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) Guidance ...

Sep 6th, 2013 - To provide specific recommendations to product developers and clinical researchers on the design of comparative effectiveness studies for the treatment of chronic wounds, specifically those pertaining to arterial and venous-disease related ulcers,...

Nov 10th, 2012 - This article provides an executive summary of the lower extremity venous disease (LEVD) evidence-based guideline produced by the WOCN Wound Guidelines Task Force. The target audience for this guideline is health care professionals who specialize i...

Mar 22nd, 2023 - Diabetes mellitus is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the world and its incidence is expected to increase over the next 20 years. Historically there are three described types of diabetes mellitus: Type 1, Type 2, and Gestational. The ...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Virtual Reality, which is a type of computer system using human-machine interfaces, has been used in pain and anxiety management in different applications in many areas known as painful medical procedures in recent years. According to the research...

Mar 8th, 2023 - Chronic leg ulcers are a complication of many blood disorders such as sickle cell disease, thalassemia, and other red blood cell disorders. In these disorders, red blood cells break down earlier than normal, which researchers suspect may cause or ...

Mar 8th, 2023 - This research aims to assess the utility and validate the inter-rater reliability of the new nursing documentation tools for commonly encountered moisture-associated skin damage including (incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) and intertrigo (I...

Mar 2nd, 2023 - Patients suffer from pain resulting from the injury, wound care, and surgical treatment of their burns. As a result, they often require considerable amounts of narcotics. Given the concern for opiate addiction and the national opiate crisis the in...

Feb 8th, 2023 - Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) of wounds has become a foundational tool in the armamentarium of wound care specialists. Using a system consisting of a sponge, semi-occlusive barrier, and fluid collection device, VAC systems apply constant negative.

Feb 2nd, 2023 - ORLANDO – From new tools for diagnosis to new treatment options, the science on wound care continues to advance, providing clinicians with better options for their patients, Hadar Lev-Tov, MD, said at the ODAC Dermatology, Aesthetic & Surgery Conf.

Jan 25th, 2023 - Topical cannabidiol (CBD) oil appeared to lower pain scores and reduce painkiller use vs. standard treatment in patients with digital ulcers due to systemic sclerosis, a small new study finds.

Jan 13th, 2023 - To the Editor: Surgical wounds on the lower leg are challenging to manage because venous stasis, bacterial colonization, and high tension may contribute to protracted healing. Advances in technology led to the development of novel, polymer-based w.

Dec 5th, 2022 - A new type of wound dressing might change burn care for the better with one amazing property: dissolvability. Surgically debriding burn wounds can be tedious for doctors and excruciating for patients. To change that, bioengineers have created a ne...