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Latex Allergy

Irritant contact dermatitis is the most common adverse reaction associated with using latex gloves. Dry, itchy, irritated areas of the skin—most frequently the ...

Acute Burns - Treatment

Surgical excision of burns with or without definitive wound coverage with skin grafting is employed in the treatment of most full thickness burns, and often in ...

Cutaneous Vasculitis

For a list of other types of inflammatory ulcers, see topic "Inflammatory Ulcers". Vasculitis of the skin (cutaneous vasculitis) includes several inflammatory ...

Allogeneic matrix

[1] This category also includes cellular and/or tissue products (also known as skin substitutes) derived from amnion, chorion, placenta or umbilical cord that ...

Venous ulcers - Introduction and Assessment

The surrounding skin is red and taut. Some arterial ulcers are pale; others may have a black or yellow eschar. See topic "Arterial Ulcer - Introduction and ...

Arterial Ulcer - Treatment

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

Patient education - Lymphedema

... Call your healthcare provider if you have an increase in swelling, redness or pain, if your skin changes, breaks or starts leaking fluid, if you

Pressure Ulcers/Injuries - Introduction and Assessment

For more details, see section 'Structured Risk and Skin Assessment' in topic "Pressure Ulcers/Injuries - Prevention". Etiology. According to the NPIAP, PU/PI ...

Case: How 20 minutes of fun can cost 4 months of disruption

For management of PU/PI, see topic "Pressure Ulcers/Injuries - Treatment". For a systematic approach to identifying patients at risk for PU/PI and developing ...

Neoplastic Ulcers - Coming soon!

Journal: Advances in skin & wound care. PURPOSE: To enhance the clinician's competence in providing local wound care for malignant and palliative wounds.

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