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Ace Your Certification: Diabetic Foot
Publication date: December 2012 Source:Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists, Volume 4, Issue 4 Author(s): Jayesh Shah (Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists)
Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists - November 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Advanced Skin Care – A Novel Ingredient
This article will review skin care, specifically, advanced skin care, uncovering novel ingredients, and their importance for prevention and treatment as well as delving into the caring for the skin from the outside in. (Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists)
Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists - November 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Factors That Impair Wound Healing
Publication date: December 2012 Source:Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists, Volume 4, Issue 4 Author(s): Kristin Anderson , Rose L. Hamm The body's response to tissue injury in a healthy individual is an intricate, sequential physiologic process that results in timely healing with full re-epithelialization, resolution of drainage, and return of function to the affected tissue. Chronic wounds, however, do not follow this sequence of events and can challenge the most experienced clinician if the underlying factors that are impairing wound healing are not identified. The purpose of this article...
Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists - November 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Pitfalls of Intralesional Ozone Injection in Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Case Study
Publication date: December 2012 Source:Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists, Volume 4, Issue 4 Author(s): Günalp Uzun , Mesut Mutluoğlu , Hüseyin Karagöz , Ali Memiş , Ercan Karabacak , Hakan Ay Although the history of ozone therapy dates back to the 19th century, its use has shown a rapid growth of interest in recent decades. Intralesional ozone injection is seldom performed and its safety has not yet been reliably assessed for the treatment of diabetic foot wounds. Herein, we describe a diabetic patient who developed severe foot necrosis and infection after receiving intralesional ...
Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists - November 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy With Instillation (NPWTi) Better Reduces Post-debridement Bioburden in Chronically Infected Lower Extremity Wounds Than NPWT Alone
Conclusion It has long been realized that NPWT does not make its greatest impact by bioburden reduction. Other work has demonstrated that debridement alone does not reduce wound bioburden by more than 1 Log. Wounds treated with NPWTi (in this case with quarter strength bleach instillation solution) had a statistically significant reduction in bioburden, while wounds treated with NPWT had an increase in bioburden over the 7 days. (Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists)
Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists - November 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Ace Your Certification
Publication date: April 2013 Source:Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists, Volume 5, Issue 1 Author(s): Jayesh Shah (Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists)
Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists - November 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Treatment of Burn Wound Infection Using Ultraviolet Light: A Case Report
Publication date: April 2013 Source:Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists, Volume 5, Issue 1 Author(s): Numra Abdul Aleem , Moaz Aslam , Mohammad Faizan Zahid , Arshalooz Jamila Rahman , Fazl Ur Rehman A 9 year old girl presented to us with complaints of fever and pain in burn wounds with deteriorating health for one month. According to Lund and Broder's chart, burns spanned the posterior trunk (13%), right arm (1.5%), left arm (1.5%), and buttocks (2.5%). The wounds showed improper healing. She had previously underwent split-thickness skin grafting, using skin harvests from thighs and anti...
Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists - November 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

The Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Treatment of Non-healing Ulcers Secondary to Graft-versus-host Disease
We present the case of a 69 year-old gentleman with non-healing ulcers of the bilateral medial malleoli as a result of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). The patient discussed was diagnosed with stage IV mantle cell lymphoma. Over the course of 4 years the patient was treated with autologous stem cell transplant, later reduced-intensity allogeneic stem cell transplant, and finally donor lymphocyte infusion due to recurrence. Following these therapies, the patient developed extensive GvHD that resulted in bilateral non-healing ulcers of the medial malleoli. The patient was seen in the wound care center, and his ulcers were t...
Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists - November 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Use of a Novel Two-layer Bandage in the Treatment of Chronic Venous Hypertension
Publication date: April 2013 Source:Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists, Volume 5, Issue 1 Author(s): Eric J. Lullove , Elizabeth Newton Since the development of Unna boot therapies, there has been development in newer technologies for venous compression syndromes and chronic venous hypertension. Chronic lower extremity venous insufficiency results in venous stasis, edema and hypercongestion of the lower extremities. Given the breadth of potential uses, the goal of this study was to retrospectively compile and analyze the clinical application and effectiveness of a 2-layer zinc-impregnated f...
Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists - November 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Wound Healing in Patients With Impaired Kidney Function
Publication date: April 2013 Source:Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists, Volume 5, Issue 1 Author(s): Natallia Maroz , Richard Simman Renal impairment has long been known to affect wound healing. However, information on differences in the spectrum of wound healing depending on the type of renal insufficiency is limited. Acute kidney injury (AKI) may be observed with different wound types. On one hand, it follows acute traumatic conditions such as crush injury, burns, and post-surgical wounds, and on the other hand, it arises as simultaneous targeting of skin and kidneys by autoimmune-mediate...
Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists - November 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Letter from the Editor
Publication date: April 2013 Source:Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists, Volume 5, Issue 1 Author(s): Richard Simman (Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists)
Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists - November 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

GATA Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System
Publication date: Available online 16 September 2014 Source:Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists Author(s): Şenol Yıldız , Günalp Uzun , Mesut Mutluoglu , Ali Memis (Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists)
Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists - November 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Prospective, Descriptive Study of Critically Colonized Venous Leg Ulcers Managed With Silver Containing Absorbent Dressings and Compression
Publication date: Available online 16 September 2014 Source:Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists Author(s): Michael F. Moore Chronic non-healing venous ulcers are by their very nature colonized with bacteria. The amount and make up will vary based on many variables. The transition from colonization to contamination, critical colonization, and infection complicates the treatment of these ulcers. Silver has been shown to be an effective antimicrobial agent with a diverse antimicrobial footprint, minimal allergic reactions, and has been employed for over twenty-five years with little resistance b...
Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists - November 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Toes Necrosis, Etiologies and Management, a Case Series
We present a case series of toes necrosis which resulted from different etiologies and their management. (Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists)
Source: Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists - November 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research