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Skin Failure - Introduction and Assessment

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Pressure ulcers/injuries (PUs/PIs) pose a large burden to affected individuals, caregivers and healthcare systems. As in any illness or injury, ...

Pressure Ulcers/Injuries - Introduction and Assessment

A pressure ulcer (PU), also known as pressure injury (PI), pressure sore, decubitus ulcer or bed sore, is an area of localized injury to the skin and/or ...

Acute Burns - Introduction and Assessment

Pathophysiology. Thermal injury. Tissue trauma from burn injury results in local and systemic inflammatory responses. The local response depends on the ...

Lymphedema - Introduction and Assessment

Patients seen at cancer centers have cancer-related lymphedema, and most of them are women with breast cancer-related upper extremity lymphedema. Meanwhile, ...

How to Screen, Assess and Manage Nutrition in Patients with Wounds

... To help maintain/improve skin integrity, a referral/consult to a registered dietitian/nutritionist is recommended or suggested when: A member of

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

This topic provides an updated evidence-based review and reimbursement policies on the use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT), with a focus on ...

Arterial Ulcer - Treatment

... Arterial or ischemic leg ulcers (AU) are leg ulcers that develop due to inadequate blood supply to the skin (arterial insufficiency)

Arterial Ulcer - Introduction and Assessment

Arterial or ischemic leg ulcers (AU) are leg ulcers that develop due to inadequate blood supply to the skin (arterial insufficiency). The decrease in blood ...

Clostridial Myonecrosis (Gas Gangrene)

... Clinical signs include systemic toxicity (fever, malaise), local pain (especially in the absence of trauma), and tissue crepitus (presence of

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