Venous leg ulcers: Summary of new clinical practice guidelines published August 2014 in the Journal of Vascular Surgery

The Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) and the American Venous Forum (AVF) published guidelines for the management of venous leg ulcers in August 2014. The goal of this article (Part 2) is to summarize the guidelines that address diagnosis and treatment recommendations published jointly by the SVS and AVF that may affect the nursing practice of vascular nurses. Specific sections include wound evaluation, therapies used on the wound bed itself, compression, and operative or endovascular management.

Source: Journal of Vascular Nursing - May 29, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Jeanne M. Widener Tags: Article Source Type: research