Clinical Practice

Articles Listed by Topic

This page lists by type the articles available to readers. All articles are PDF files unless otherwise indicated.

Note: Articles with an asterisk are repreinted with the kind permission of Ostomy/ Wound Management (www.o-wm.com).

Wound Healing Physiology
Principles of Wound Healing* • Heather Orsted, RN, BN, ET; David Keast, MD, CCFP

An Approach to Chronic Wounds: Why You Shouldn't Listen to Your Mom (HTML) • Brian Kunimoto, MD

Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Recommendations for Practice: Prevention & Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers (HTML) (Quick Reference Guide)

Best Practices for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers* • Shane Inlow, MD; Heather Orsted, RN, BN, ET; and R. Gary Sibbald, BSc, MD, FRCPC (Med), FRCPC (Derm)

Cost-effectiveness of Becaplermin for Nonhealing Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcers* • R. Gary Sibbald, MD, FRCPC; George Torrance, PhD; Maragert Hux, MSc; Cheryl Attard, MSc; and Natalie Milkovich, MSc

Physician's SOLUTIONS References (PDF) for Weisz and Benjamin article: Less than the best: Care of patients with diabetic food wounds

High Bacterial Load in Asymptomatic Diabetic Patients with Neurtrophic Ulcers Retards Wound Healing after Application of Dermigraft® (PDF)
• Anne C. Browne, MB, MICGP; Mary Vearncombe, MD, FRCPD; and R. Gary Sibbald, MD, FRCPC

Venous Leg Ulcers
Recommendations for Practice: Prevention & Treatment of Venous Leg Ulcers (HTML) (Quick Reference Guide)

Best Practices for the Prevention and Treatment of Venous Leg Ulcers * • Brian Kunimoto, MD, FRCPC; Maureen Cooling, RN, ET; Wayne Gulliver, MD, BMSc, FRCPC; Pamela Houghton, BSc, PT, PhD; Heather Orsted, RN, BN, ET; and R. Gary Sibbald, MD, FRCPC

Assessment of Venous Leg Ulcers: An In-depth Discussion of a Literature-Guided Approach • Brian T. Kunimoto

Management and Prevention of Venous Leg Ulcers: A Literature-Guided Approach • Brian T. Kunimoto

Outline of presentation (Word RTF file) on "Hard to Heal Leg Ulcers," given by Alain Brassard, MD, FRCPC; Diane St.Cyr, RN, ET, M.Ed. and Hakeem Sam, MD, PhD at the 9th Annual CAWC Conference, November 2003

The Impact of Musculoskeletal Changes on the Dynamics of the Calf Muscle Pump
• Heather Orsted, RN, BN, ET; Lori Radke, BScPT; and Richelle Gorst, BScPT

Ask the Expert - The Challenges of Compression • R. Gary Sibbald

Pressure Ulcers
Recommendations for Practice: Prevention & Treatment of Pressure Ulcers (HTML) (Quick Reference Guide)

Best Practices for the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers* • Ken Dolynchuk, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS; David Keast, MD, CCFP; Karen Campbell, RN, MScN, NP; Pam Houghton, BSc, PT, PhD; Heather Orsted, RN, BN, ET; Gary Sibbald, MD, FRCPC(C); and Angela Atkinson, RN, BN, ET

The Wound Bed
Recommendations for Practice: Preparing the Wound Bed (HTML) (Quick Reference Guide)

Preparing the Wound Bed — Debridement, Bacterial Balance, and Moisture Balance* • R. Gary Sibbald, MD, FRCPC; Diane Williamson, MB, MRCP(UK); Heather L. Orsted, RN, BN, ET; Karen Campbell, RN, MScN; David Keast, MD, CCFP; Diane Krasner, PhD, RN, CWOCN, CWS, FAAN; and Debra Sibbald, BScPhm

Preparing the Wound Bed 2003: Focus on Infection and Inflammation • R. Gary Sibbald, MD; Heather Orsted, RN, ET; Gregory S. Schultz, PhD; Patricia Coutts, RN; and David Keast MD, for the International Wound Bed Preparation Advisory Board and the Canadian Chronic Wound Advisory Board

Intact Skin – An Integrity Not to be Lost • R. Gary Sibbald, MD, FRCPC(Med)(Derm); Karen Campbell, RN, MScN, NP/CNS; Patricia Coutts, RN; and Douglas Queen, BSC, PhD, MBA

Peri-wound Skin Protection: A Comparison of a New Skin Barrier vs. Traditional Therapies in Wound Management (HTML) • Patricia Coutts, Douglas Queen, R. Gary Sibbald

Wound Assessment

A Comparison Of Computer-Assisted and Manual Wound Size Measurement* • Habiba A. Thawer, BScPT, MSc, PhD; Pamela E. Houghton, BScPT, PhD; M. Gail Woodbury,
BScPT, MSc, PhD; David Keast, MSc, MD, CCFP; and Karen Campbell, MScN, RN, NP/CNS

Adjunctive Therapies
Ultraviolet Light C in the Treatment of Chronic Wounds with MRSA: A Case Study* • Thao Pl Thai, BScPT, MSc; Pamela E. Houghton, BscPT, PhD; David H Keast, MD CCFP; Karen E. Campbell, RN MScN, NP; and M. Gail Woodbury, BScPT, MSc, PhD

A Consensus Report on the Use of Vacuum-Assisted Closure In Chronic,
Difficult-To-Heal Wounds* • R. Gary Sibbald, MD, FRCPC; James Mahoney, MD, FRCSC; and The V.A.C.® Therapy Canadian Consensus Group

Surgical and Acute Wounds

Managing the Challenges of Enterocutaneous Fistulas • Kathryn Kozell, Lina Martins

Geriatric Patients
Innovative Treatments for Elderly Patients with Contractures: A Clinical Experience • Teresa A. Hurd

Paliiative Care
Chronic Wound and Palliative Cancer Care* • Douglas Queen, BSc, PhD, MBA; Kevin Woo, RN, MSc, PhD(cand), ACNP, GNC(C); Valerie N. Schulz, MD, FRCPC (Anesth), MPH; and R. Gary Sibbald, MD, FRCPC (Med) (Derm)

Other
The Process of Developing Best Practice Guidelines for Nurses in Ontario: Risk Assessment and Prevention of Pressure Ulcers* • Frances E. MacLeod, RN, MScN; Margaret B. Harrison, RN, PhD; and Ian D. Graham, PhD

Searching for Evidence-based Medicine in Wound Care: An Introduction* • Siobhan Ryan, MD, FRCPC; Laure Perrier, Med, MLIS; and R. Gary Sibbald, MD, FRCPC

An Evaluation of the Canadian Ostomy Assessment Guide* • Diane St-Cyr, RN, ET, BSc, MEd

The Interdisciplinary Urgency Tool: A Comprehensive Wound-Care Referral Form
(HTML) • Richelle Gorst, Gillian Bagg, Martine Albert, Nancy Couture

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