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Feature Article
Skin Substitutes in Burn Care
Chester N. Paul, MD, FACS
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arge surface area burns continue to be one of the most difficult and deadly problems the medical community faces today. Although major strides have been made in burn care throughout the years, many difficulties remain. Historically, some rather bizarre and egregious concoctions, at least by modern standards, have been applied to burns to promote healing. Barbara Ravage, author of Burn Unit, records and describes fascinating unguents and emollients that include using calf dung and black mud as topical burn treatments, as recorded in the Ebers Papyrus from the 1500s BC.
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 Understanding Collagen Dressings and their Benefit in Wound Care
Complimentary Archived Webcast
Non-Accredited
This educational program is designed to provide clarity as to the benefit in wound care of the many different collagen based dressings on the market. It will begin with a timeline and general overview of many collagen dressings in existence followed by the clinical benefit they provide to healing wounds from a scientific perspective. The session will end with a practicing wound care clinician discussing the benefit of these dressings for the everyday practice of healing chronic wounds. |
MRSA And Diabetic Foot
Wounds: Where Do We Go From Here?
Live Accredited Webcast with Q&A:
Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET
Rebroadcasts:
Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 7:30pm – 8:30pm ET
Thursday, October 2, 2008, 3:00pm – 4:00pm ET
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This activity is supported by an educational grant from Pfizer. This activity is sponsored by the North American Center For Continuing Medical Education (NACCME).
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Understanding Collagen Dressings and their Benefit in Wound Care
Complimentary Archived Webcast
Non-Accredited
This educational program is designed to provide clarity as to the benefit in wound care of the many different collagen based dressings on the market. It will begin with a timeline and general overview of many collagen dressings in existence followed by the clinical benefit they provide to healing wounds from a scientific perspective. The session will end with a practicing wound care clinician discussing the benefit of these dressings for the everyday practice of healing chronic wounds. |
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 The Pharmacological Management of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy:
A Review of Remittive vs. Palliative Therapy
Complimentary Accredited Webcast
Wednesday, October 24th 2007 1:00PM EST
This activity has been developed for
Vascular Surgeons, Endocrinologists, Podiatrists, Nurses, Primary Care Physicians, Wound Care Specialists, and Diabetic Educators.
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 New Treatment Strategies for the Endovascular Approach to Critical Limb Ischemia:
ADVANCEMENTS IN LIMB SALVAGE MEDICINE
Complimentary Accredited On-Demand Webcast
This activity has been developed for Interventional Cardiologists, Vascular Surgeons, Interventional Radiologists, Podiatric Physicians, Endovascular Allied Professionals, Endocrinologists, Wound Care Specialists, Directors of the Wound Care Clinic, and Primary Care Physicians, Pharmacists, Nurses and Technologists. |
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Feature Article
From
Sean L. Hansen, MD
Resuscitation of a patient with a traumatic burn presents unique and dynamic challenges, which often involve the critical care management of multiple physiological derangements. It is well known that a major burn injury can lead to burn shock and involve multiple organ systems. Burn shock has been described as the outcome of a combination of multiple factors, including hypovolemia, microcirculatory injury and dysfunction, and the release of local and systemic inflammatory mediators, which result in the body’s inability to adequately meet cellular needs. After initial stabilization and assessment, the mainstay of early burn management is the treatment and prevention of shock with fluid resuscitation. The goal of fluid resuscitation is to replace the patient’s lost intravascular volume with crystalloid to maintain adequate tissue perfusion and organ function at the lowest physiologic cost.
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Special Publication:
The following is a collection of publications from Healthpoint intended to facilitate expeditious, cost-effective wound care management. There will be nine publications total. |
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