Summarizing of Available Evidence for HBO in Acute Traumatic Sports Injury
Currently, the evidence is controversial as to whether there is a basis for using hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in sport injuries....
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Oct 15, 20201 min
What Does Crust Look Like?
Crusts are found on superficial or partial-thickness wounds. Crusting is the rusty brown, dry crust that forms over any injured surface...
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Oct 15, 20201 min
What Does a Wagner Grade 5 Look Like?
Wagner Grade 5 Gangrene involves the whole foot or enough of the foot that no local procedures are possible and amputation must be...
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Oct 15, 20201 min
What does a Wagner Grade 4 Look Like?
Wagner Grade 4 There is gangrene of some portion of the toe, toes, and/or forefoot. The gangrene may be wet or dry, infected or...
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Oct 14, 20201 min
Outpatient Wound Care Billing: Bioengineered Skin Substitutes on list of Approved RAC Topics
Bioengineered Skin Substitutes (also known as Cellular Tissue Products “CTPs”) have been placed on the list of approved RAC topics by...
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Oct 13, 20203 min
Scab Versus Eschar
There seems to be some confusion surrounding the definition of Scab and Eschar. I would like to clarify these terms for those who are...
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Oct 8, 20205 min
HBO and Dialysis Patients: High Risk?
More than 15 million Americans have chronic kidney disease of which approximately 500,000 require dialysis.1 The annual death rate in the...
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Oct 1, 202011 min
Osteomyelitis in Non-Healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers:
A Case for Serial Radiographs and Modulation of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines. Osteomyelitis presents in 3 different stages with poorly...
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Oct 1, 20201 min
Customizable Outpatient Wound Care Support Services
Is your hospital looking for a ways to save money on its outpatient wound care center? Look no further than Shared Health Services! We...
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Sep 28, 20203 min
Unrecognized osteomyelitis in pressure injury patients; a missed HBO opportunity?
Below is a list of references with a synopsis of each paper. As you will see osteomyelitis is often overlooked. I hope that you and your...
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Sep 28, 20202 min
Chronic Refractory Osteomyelitis and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)
Chronic osteomyelitis is the prototypical hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) problem wound, demanding meticulous attention to all details and...
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Sep 25, 20202 min
Wound Care: Charcot Foot
Charcot neuroarthropathy is a rare, but serious, disabling condition which can cause widespread destruction of bone and joint...
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Sep 15, 20209 min
Ever Wonder Why Some Wounds Hurt and Others Don’t?
Pain is a frequent symptom of patients living with chronic wounds and contributes to suffering and reduced quality of life. 9,65,66 ...
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Sep 15, 20203 min
Hyperbaric Medicine: Oxygen Toxicity and its Prevention
Preventing oxygen toxicity from occurring is a major goal in the application of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. However, complete prevention...
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May 18, 20201 min
The Advanced Wound Care Center at Riverside Regional Medical Center
Our hospital partner, Riverside Regional Medical Center, recently opened their state-of-the-art Advanced Wound Care Center! It is the...
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