Current Issue - Volume 18 Number 2 - May 2010
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RECENT ARTICLES
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
The Leg Ulcer Prevention Program: nurse perspectives on a multimedia client education package for people with venous leg ulcers
Sub-bandage pressure difference of tubular form and short-stretch compression bandages: in-vivo randomised controlled trial
First aid treatment of burn injuries
Evaluation of NovoSorb™ novel biodegradable polymer for the generation of a dermal matrix Part 1: In-vitro Studies
Evaluation of NovoSorb™ novel biodegradable polymer for the generation of a dermal matrix Part 2: In-vivo Studies
Burn wound management: a surgical perspective
A review on porcine burn and scar models and their relevance to humans
Leg ulcers: atypical presentations and associated comorbidities
From ‘minor ulcer’ to complex wound: management of a patient with a neuro-ischaemic foot ulcer complicated by verrucous hyperplasia
A pilot study evaluating topical negative pressure using V1STA® technology
Is it time for a new descriptor 'pressure injury': a bibliometric analysis
Assessment of wound healing: validity, reliability and sensitivity of available instruments
WoundsWest education: taking the evidence on wounds to the clinician
WoundsWest: Delivering comprehensive strategies to improve wound management in Western Australian Health Services
Pressure injury prevalence in a private health service: risks and recommendations
The Dressing Bank™ – a system for providing access, equity and cost-effectiveness for advanced wound dressings in the acute care setting
Chronic wound pain: a literature review
Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) – diagnosis and therapy
Management of epidermolysis bullosa (EB) skin lesions with a non-adherent dressing, Urgotul
Raising the roof on epidermolysis bullosa (EB): a focus on new therapies
Comparison of the two leading approaches to attending wound care dressings
Nutrition therapy in the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers
A survey of clinicians’ perceptions of, and product choices for, the infected wound
Reducing pressure ulcer prevalence in residential aged care: results from phase II of the PRIME trial
Nurses’ experiences of participating in a randomised controlled trial (RCT) in the community
Maggots down under
RED FRAMES: an introduction to pressure education and memory aids
Bilateral heel ulcers: a complex case for vacuum assisted closure
Management of a pressure ulcer in the presence of arterial disease and MRSA infection
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:
Other regular features of the journal are: