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Complex Wound Management

Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Do You Know Best Practices?

March 17, 2023
The impact of diabetic foot wounds is extensive. Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a major concern among those with diabetes. Research estimates that 25% of adults with diabetes may suffer a DFU sometim...

Exploring Etiologies: Significance of Wound Etiology to Wound Classification and Wound Management

February 9, 2022
Fellow wound care specialists may agree that interdisciplinary clinical teams often seek their expertise when a patient presents with a “chronic-appearing wound with an unknown or indeterminate etiolo...

Factors Contributing to Complex Wounds

July 17, 2019
By the WoundSource Editors A vast percentage of wounds become chronically stalled because of mixed etiology and other underlying comorbid medical conditions. This means the wound is multifactorial,...

Fistulas 101

December 5, 2019
By the WoundSource Editors Fistulas are abnormal connections or passageways between two organs or vessels that do not usually connect. Although they typically develop as a result of an injury or su...

Healing Limbs While Coordinating Care: Dual Role for Wound Care Clinicians?

March 14, 2019
By Christine Miller, DPM, DMM, PhD, FACCWS One of the gratifying aspects of being a wound care physician is the ability to develop such rich relationships with our patients. The frequent and consis...

Health Care Priorities: Wound Management When the Wound isn’t the Priority

February 28, 2022
Wounds have a significant negative impact on patients, including pain, decreased quality of life, and social isolation. Optimal wound healing can help patients and the health care system cope with the...

How Growth Factors Support Wound Healing

February 28, 2021
Growth factors and cytokines are secreted by the cells and are essential to the complex wound healing and tissue regeneration process. This process involves the interplay of growth factors with chemok...

Polypharmacy and Complex Wounds

February 28, 2022
Patients with wounds are frequently treated pharmacologically for both their wounds and their acute or chronic conditions. On a daily basis, patients usually take at least five drugs to treat multiple...

Skin and Soft-Tissue Issues in Persons Who Inject Drugs

October 20, 2023
Barbara Pieper, PhD, CNS-BC, CWOCN, FAAN, WOCNF shared that drug abuse or addiction affects millions of individuals each year in the United States. In 2019, 20.4 million people met the criteria for a ...
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