Wound Practice and Research

Current Issue

Volume 21, Number 1

March 2013

WP&R Current Issue
  • Editorial: New look – same power to influence you

  • Clinical and economic improvements in pressure injury care at Ballarat Health Services

  • Evidence summary: Wound infection: iodophors and biofilms

  • Surgical debridement with early skin grafting in the management of a complex diabetic foot wound

  • Blister management guidelines: collecting the evidence

  • Evidence summary: Wound management: dressings – alginate

  • MicroRNAs and their roles in wound repair and regeneration

  • Development of an enterostomal therapy nurse outpatient wound clinic in Indonesia: a retrospective descriptive study

  • Evidence summary: Wound infection: silver products and biofilms

Wound Practice and Research is the official journal of the Australian Wound Management Association Inc. The focus of the journal is primarily in discussing and portraying issues on wound management within Australia and surrounding countries. It is distributed to a readership of over 5000 throughout Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.

Within each issue there are usually four to five papers that relate to such topics as:

  • the science of wound healing
  • the aetiology of wounds
  • the care of acute and chronic wounds
  • wound research
  • wound care in the community and quality of life issues

Other regular features of the journal are:

  • an editorial
  • book reviews
  • product evaluations
  • product information

For further information visit the
AWMA website

www.awma.com.au/journal

or click on the following links

RECENT ARTICLES

Editorial: New look – same power to influence you

Clinical and economic improvements in pressure injury care at Ballarat Health Services

Evidence summary: Wound infection: iodophors and biofilms

Surgical debridement with early skin grafting in the management of a complex diabetic foot wound

Blister management guidelines: collecting the evidence

Evidence summary: Wound management: dressings – alginate

MicroRNAs and their roles in wound repair and regeneration

Development of an enterostomal therapy nurse outpatient wound clinic in Indonesia: a retrospective descriptive study

Evidence summary: Wound infection: silver products and biofilms

A history of materials and practices for wound management

The proliferative effect of all-trans retinoic acid during wound healing: A compromised effect in the presence of dimethyl sulphoxide

Low-frequency ultrasound debridement (Sonoca-185) in acute wound management: A case study

Diabetic foot ulcers: A key focus area for the Fiji Health Service Improvement Program

Natural honey as an adjunctive alternative in the management of diabetic foot ulcers

Non-healing tuberculous ulcer of the great toe in a health care professional

Biochemical profiling of proteins and metabolites in wound exudate from chronic wound environments

 Cell responses to plasma polymers – implications for wound care

Understanding the relationships between the calf muscle pump, ankle range of motion and healing for adults with venous leg ulcers: a review of the literature

 Potential anti-inflammatory treatments for chronic wounds

Drivers and barriers of surgical wound management in a large health care organisation: Results of an environmental sca

A pilot study: A prospective, interventional study of the effectiveness of digital wound imaging, remote consultation and podiatry offloading devices on the healing rates of chronic lower extremity wounds in remote regions of Western Australia

Perspective: Globalisation of repair: 12 points of policy

Caution: when combining topical wound treatments, more is not always better

Skin tears: should the emphasis be only their management?

Atrophie blanche

Citric acid treatment of surgical site infections: a prospective open study

Pressure ulcers in home care settings:is it overlooked?

An audit of radiation-induced mucositis in a tropical cancer centre: the importance of adhering to a mouth care regimen

A review of the literature to determine the recommended nursing interventions aimed at decreasing the risk of pressure ulcer development in patients with spinal cord injury

Leg Clubs® – Beyond the ulcers Case studies based on participatory action research

Lower leg haematomas: Potential for complications in older people

Case study The journey towards healing: recalcitrant skin tear injuries

Inflammation, wound size and wound healing: A case study

Paediatric burns: A brief global review

Telemedicine for wound care: Current practice and future potential

Does the use of store-and-forward telehealth systems improve outcomes for clinicians managing diabetic foot ulcers? A pilot study

The development of an electronic wound management system for Western Australia

WoundsWest Advisory Service pilot: An innovative delivery of wound management

From the laboratory to the leg: Patients’ and nurses’ perceptions of product application using three different dressing formats

Pain and stress as contributors to delayed wound healing

Client perceptions of two types of antimicrobial dressings and compression bandaging

Managing venous leg ulcers in the community: personal financial cost to sufferers

Working in partnership: holistic care for a diabetic patient with a heel wound

Honey: the bees' knees for diabetic foot ulcers?

Developing Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Preventionand Management of Venous Leg Ulcers

Diagnosis and management of venous leg ulcers: a nurse's role?

The Leg Ulcer Prevention Program: effectiveness of a multimedia client education package for people with venous leg ulcers

 

 

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