ALLMedicine™ Wound Care Center

Jun 30th, 2022 - Pilonidal sinus (PNS) disease affects the skin and subcutaneous tissue of the natal cleft of the buttocks. The treatment is variable and depends on presentation and the extent of disease. The mainstay of surgical management for PNS disease is to e...

Jun 29th, 2022 - Surgical excision and grafting of deep partial (DPT) and full thickness (FT) burns is a cornerstone of wound care. Use of commercially available topical enzymatic agents has been limited due to slower and less complete eschar removal than surgical...

Jun 27th, 2022 - Clinical Pathways (CPWs) are multidisciplinary, evidence-based, complex interventions designed to standardize patient care. In Saskatchewan, development, implementation and evaluation of the seven provincial CPWs (Hip & Knee, Spine, Pelvic Floor, ...

Jun 27th, 2022 - Virtual Reality (VR) can be used during painful procedures in children. This research was conducted to determine the effect of VR on the pain, anxiety, and fear levels experienced by patients during burn dressing. A randomized between groups study...

Jun 25th, 2022 - Patients in intensive care units are at high risk of developing pressure injuries and moisture-associated skin damages. Prevention and care rely much on intensive care nurses' competency and attitudes. This study explored intensive care nurses' ex...

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...

Jun 23rd, 2022 - Subjects who consent to the study will have the following information recorded on the date of surgery: age, sex, indication for surgery, surgical site, scar length, size and type of buried intradermal suture, experience of surgeon (attending, fell...

Jun 22nd, 2022 - This will be a retrospective chart review on patients admitted to Parkland Hospital with diabetic foot infections, ulcers, and bone injuries from 2005 (5 years prior to the start of the diabetic limb preservation team) to present day. The investig...

Jun 22nd, 2022 - Background: Airing the diaper area has a positive effect on dermatitis. In addition, it is reported in the literature that oxygen is effective in wound care. The aim of our study is to investigate the effect of oxygen on infant diaper dermatitis. ...

Jun 21st, 2022 - Secondary intention healing (SIH) is often underutilized and has several advantages compared to primary surgical repair. Wound care is minimal, bleeding and infection are rare, and risks associated with primary closure (e.g. hematoma, suture granu...

Jun 14th, 2022 - Family caregivers (CGs) provide 85% or more of the long-term care needs of older adults including coordination, care transitions, hands-on assistance with daily care, health-related services (e.g., wound care, medication management), financial sup...

Jun 2nd, 2022 - The patient’s atrophic plaques with a violaceous rim, indurated borders, and ulceration on the anterior pretibial surface were consistent with ulcerated necrobiosis lipoidica (NL). NL typically manifests on the bilateral pretibial region as small.

May 16th, 2022 - Dr Brianna Castillo The use of adjunctive topical tranexamic acid (TXA) showed benefits in significantly reducing postoperative bleeding with second intention healing, or allowing wounds to heal naturally without sutures, following Mohs micrograph...

Apr 17th, 2022 - Transcript: Neil Iyengar, MD: That being said, I’d like to get to our cases. I think you have a really interesting case that we’d like to discuss today. Could you go ahead and tell us about your patient? Milana Dolezal, MD, MSci: My patient or...

Mar 17th, 2022 - Clinic-based surgery for hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) had high patient satisfaction despite frequent recurrences, a retrospective cohort study showed. Patients said they were highly satisfied with results of deroofing surgery and tissue excision ...

Jan 19th, 2022 - The Diagnosis: Coma Blisters Histologic examination revealed pauci-inflammatory subepidermal blisters with swelling of eccrine cells, signaling impending gland necrosis (Figure). Direct immunofluorescence testing on perilesional skin was negative.