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Diabetic Foot Ulcers

The Challenge of Lower Extremity Wounds – Venous Stasis Ulcers, Part 1

April 20, 2017
By Martin D. Vera, LVN, CWS Wound clinicians across the nation (and the world) are commonly faced with the difficult task of managing lower extremity wounds. Lower extremity wounds come in many dif...

The Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcer: Interventions for Closure

August 16, 2019
By the WoundSource Editors For people with diabetes who develop a wound, the statistics are high. The data are as overwhelming as the cost of care, and the outcome if these wounds do not heal is of...

The Declining Rate of Diabetes-Related Complications

September 12, 2014
By Michel H.E. Hermans, MD The CDC recently published encouraging data in the New England Journal of Medicine about a decline in the rate of five major complications related to diabetes mellitus: h...

The Diabetic Foot: An Overview

May 30, 2013
By Lydia A Meyers RN, MSN, CWCN Diabetes is the number one cause of amputation for wound care patients. Individuals with diabetes need monitoring and education about the dangers they face on a dail...

The Heart and Wound Healing: Cardiovascular Disorders and Healthy Lifestyle Habits

February 20, 2019
By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, CWCP, DAPWCA, FACCWS, CLTC – Wound Educator With the millions of people living with chronic wounds, there are also millions of people living with cardiovascular di...

The Impact of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy on DFUs

May 21, 2024
Dr. Garoufalis discusses the relationship between diabetic peripheral neuropathy and diabetic foot ulcer....

The Key to Treating and Preventing Charcot Foot

July 16, 2014
By Aletha Tippett MD Many have never heard of diabetic foot complications Charcot foot, or at least don't know what it is. If you care for individuals with diabetes who have neuropathy, you almost ...

The Patient Interview: Questions to Ask for Better Wound Outcomes

April 26, 2017
By Janet Wolfson PT, CLWT, CWS, CLT-LANA I was recently listening to one of my favorite news sources, NPR, enjoying an interview with James E. Ryan, the author of "Wait, What? - and Life's Other Es...

Thinking Laterally: A Case Study in Wound Care Patient Compliance

August 19, 2015
By Paula Erwin-Toth MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNS, FAAN As summer gives way to fall, one of the first thoughts most of us have is back to school. Patients and caregivers often feel as though every day is the...
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