{"title":"Contact with Wet Cement - A Preventable Cause of Chemical Burn: Case Report and Discussion.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/ASW.0000000000000152","DOIUrl":"10.1097/ASW.0000000000000152","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7489,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Skin & Wound Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141064834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FAQs: New DMEPOS Suppliers of Lymphedema Compression Treatment Products Now Want to Add Surgical Dressings to their Business.","authors":"Kathleen D Schaum","doi":"10.1097/ASW.0000000000000140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/ASW.0000000000000140","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7489,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Skin & Wound Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140852977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Charles Andersen, Homer-Christian J Reiter, Valerie L Marmolejo
{"title":"Redefining Wound Healing Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.","authors":"Charles Andersen, Homer-Christian J Reiter, Valerie L Marmolejo","doi":"10.1097/ASW.0000000000000115","DOIUrl":"10.1097/ASW.0000000000000115","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>No standard definition for a completely healed wound currently exists; it is recommended that providers use a reliable wound assessment tool to determine healing. The objective of this feasibility study was to determine if a point-of-care, noncontact, near-infrared (NIR) imaging device could provide an objective measure of wound resolution and guide clinical decision-making for the optimal time to transition from protective wound dressings and gradual return to full activity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this single-center feasibility study, adult patients 18 years and older with a lower extremity wound of any size and etiology were seen weekly for wound assessment and standard-of-care treatment. The researchers performed serial imaging with a point-of-care, noncontact, NIR imaging device (Snapshot NIR ; Kent Imaging Inc) to assess the wound and surrounding skin and evaluated the difference in time to 100% reepithelialization on visual inspection and homogeneous tissue oxygen saturation levels at the wound site and surrounding closed skin envelope.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>An average time difference of 13.5 ± 10 days (median, 12 days; range, 0-35 days) was observed between 100% reepithelialization on visual wound inspection and imaging assessment. Further, NIR imaging could determine when a patient was at risk for recurrent wound breakdown.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The addition of point-of-care, noncontact, NIR imaging may help guide clinical decision-making for the optimal time to transition from protective wound dressings with gradual return to full activity and minimize wound recurrence.</p>","PeriodicalId":7489,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Skin & Wound Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139970628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CMS Guidance for Long-term Care Section M: Terminal Ulcers and Pressure Injuries.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/ASW.0000000000000138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/ASW.0000000000000138","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7489,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Skin & Wound Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140850876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect of Stoma Site Marking on Stomal Complications: A Long-term Retrospective Study.","authors":"Sevil Guler, Gulcan Eyuboglu, Zehra Gocmen Baykara, Aysel Oren Hin, Hülya Akdemir, Emine Akar, Sezai Leventoglu, Osman Yuksel","doi":"10.1097/asw.0000000000000134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/asw.0000000000000134","url":null,"abstract":"To identify the effect of stoma site marking on stoma-related complications.","PeriodicalId":7489,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Skin & Wound Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140635703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risk Factors of Intraoperative Pressure Injury in Adult Patients Undergoing Neurologic Surgery.","authors":"Xin Peng, Yingping Xiao, Jiqun He","doi":"10.1097/asw.0000000000000130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/asw.0000000000000130","url":null,"abstract":"To present research investigating the incidence of and risk factors associated with intraoperative pressure injury in patients undergoing neurologic surgery at Xiangya Hospital, Central South University in China.","PeriodicalId":7489,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Skin & Wound Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140635706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vishal Garimella, Nimay Anand, Elliott H Campbell, Christian L Baum, Afsaneh Alavi
{"title":"Lower Extremity Angiosarcoma: A Life-Threatening Complication of Lymphedema.","authors":"Vishal Garimella, Nimay Anand, Elliott H Campbell, Christian L Baum, Afsaneh Alavi","doi":"10.1097/asw.0000000000000135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/asw.0000000000000135","url":null,"abstract":"When angiosarcoma, a rare and aggressive tumor of the soft tissue, develops in the setting of chronic lymphedema, it is referred to as Stewart-Treves syndrome. It is usually seen in chronic lymphedema of the upper limbs postmastectomy. Angiosarcoma developing in the lower limb in the setting of chronic lymphedema is rare and has a poor outcome. The presentation of angiosarcoma can vary, ranging from a bleeding papule to a plaque or a subcutaneous mass, which can later progress to ulceration or necrosis. Treatment for Stewart-Treves syndrome is aggressive because of its poor prognosis and usually requires a multidisciplinary approach of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Several theories have been put forth to explain the mechanism of Stewart-Treves syndrome, but it remains ambiguous. The current literature regarding angiosarcoma developing in the setting of chronic lymphedema in the lower limb is limited to single case reports. Herein, the authors report a series of six cases of biopsy-proven angiosarcoma in the setting of lower extremity lymphedema. Providers should include angiosarcoma in the differential diagnosis of ulcerative or vascular tumors arising in the context of lower extremity lymphedema.","PeriodicalId":7489,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Skin & Wound Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140635704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Everyday Prevention: The Impact of Daily Comprehensive Skin Assessments on Pressure Injury Healing in the General ICU.","authors":"Dilek Yilmaz Akyaz, Tugba Cevizci, Tuba Sengul","doi":"10.1097/asw.0000000000000143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/asw.0000000000000143","url":null,"abstract":"To investigate the effect of daily versus weekly comprehensive skin assessments on wound healing status in patients with pressure injuries (PIs) treated in the general ICU.","PeriodicalId":7489,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Skin & Wound Care","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140635708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}