Chronic Wounds

By Bruce E. Ruben MD In order to heal a wound, the body needs oxygen, nutrients, energy and a fully functioning vascular system that brings those resources to the wound and takes waste products awa...

By the WoundSource Editors Nurses and other health care professionals providing care to patients regularly face challenges that can make it more difficult to perform routine tasks and ensure patien...

By Lauren Lazarevski, RN, BSN, CWOCN Could metallic micronutrients be the missing link for your patient with a chronic wound? When we consider the nutrition required to optimize wound healing, prot...

by Lydia A Meyers RN, MSN, CWCN At the start of December, I was looking at graduation from my Master's Degree program and the completion of my final paper. A capstone to the Master's program is muc...

Wound chronicity is an ongoing challenge for patients and health care professionals around the globe. An astonishing 4.5 million people in the United States experience lower extremity wound chronicity...

Chronic and non-healing wounds are those that do not progress through the healing process in a timely or predicted manner. They are a global problem and are becoming harder to treat. Medicare estimate...

By Martin D. Vera LVN, CWS As devoted clinicians to the field of wound management we take a responsibility to educate ourselves and others about wound etiologies and characteristics, as well as man...

by the WoundSource Editors Biofilm is a complex microbial community containing self- and surface-attached microorganisms that are embedded in an extracellular polymeric substance.1,2 The extracellu...

By the WoundSource Editors Biofilm: this term is frequently used in the wound care space, but biofilm continues to be largely undertreated in wound care. What do the bedside nurse or clinician need...