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Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Thinking Laterally: A Case Study in Wound Care Patient Compliance

August 19, 2015
By Paula Erwin-Toth MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNS, FAAN As summer gives way to fall, one of the first thoughts most of us have is back to school. Patients and caregivers often feel as though every day is the...

Total Contact Casting and Diabetic Foot Treatment

May 21, 2015
By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS Total contact casting (TCC) is considered to be the 'gold standard' in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. Although TCC is often very successful in h...

Ulcerative Wound Symptoms: Identifying Wound Etiology

January 2, 2020
Ulcers in the lower extremities are more common in patients older than 65. Ulcerative wound types include venous, arterial, diabetic neuropathic, and pressure. To identify ulcer types, these wounds sh...

Understanding Diabetic Foot Ulcer Classification Systems

August 16, 2019
By the WoundSource Editors In patients with diabetes, the lifetime risk of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) is approximately 25%, and these wounds are frequently a source of pain and discomfort. Severe ...

Unequal Limb Length - A Unique Cause of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Healing Failure

January 19, 2015
By Dr. Mark Hinkes, DPM Unequal limb length (ULL) is a clinical problem that is more common than most clinicians realize and is one for which most patients are rarely evaluated. Common problems ass...

What is a Diabetic Foot Ulcer?

August 16, 2019
By the WoundSource Editors The definition of a diabetic wound of the lower extremity in its simplest form could be described as an open area on the lower extremity limb of anyone with diabetes. Som...

Which is Worse: Undertreatment or Overtreatment of Wounds?

February 11, 2015
By Michel H.E. Hermans, MD An interesting article in JAMA Internal Medicine (February 2015) by doctors from Massachusetts, Maryland and California (A.B. Jena, M.D. lead author) analyzed mortality a...

Why Wound Care Patients Pay the Price for HBOT Prior Authorization

September 10, 2015
By Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA During the 2010 presidential campaign, Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, quipped during a debate that then presidential candidate Obama's healt...

Wound Assessment Tools: A Basic Introduction to PUSH, NPUAP and Wagner

November 19, 2015
By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS There are many tools that can be used to assess wounds. It is important to be aware of these tools and what they measure. It is also important to become...
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