Wound Practice and Research

Current Issue

Volume 20, Number 1

March 2012

WP&R Current Issue

  • Guest Editorial

  • Economic evaluation of compression therapy in venous leg ulcer randomised controlled trials: A systematic review

  •  Primary Prevention of Venous Leg Ulcers

  • Identifying infection in chronic wounds

  •  The use of herbal medicine in diabetic foot complications: A case report from a Saudi Arabian Bedouin

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RECENT ARTICLES

 

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

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

Experience with Biobrane™; uses and caveats for success

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

 

 

 

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
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Last Updated 7 January 2012