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Tissue Viability

Optimising outcomes with ‘Wound Balance’ and dressings containing superabsorbent polyacrylate polymers

Hard-to-heal wounds continue to pose challenges for patients, healthcare professionals and healthcare systems, with the prevalence of wounds increasing, causing a significant financial burden (Atkin...

The past, the present and the future

Somebody asked me recently how I decide what to write about in the Editorial for BJN's Tissue Viability Supplement. I took a moment to think and gave the briefest of answers. When I reflected on it...

Nurses' views on changes to pressure ulcer categorisation: results of a Wound Care Alliance UK survey

‘…localised injury to the skin and/or underlying tissue, usually over a bony prominence, as a result of pressure or pressure in combination with shear.’.

At a glance: pressure injuries

The causes of pressure injuries are multifactorial, and both external and internal factors can contribute to their development (Zaidi and Sharma, 2024)..

Surgical site infections in caesarean wounds

SSIs typically present with symptoms such as erythema, pain, discharge, and induration around the surgical incision, accompanied by localised signs of infection, including elevated body temperature,...

A guide to removing sutures

The body is capable of regenerating certain types of cells, such as epithelial cells, and this is considered to be the most effective method of healing because the regenerated tissue retains the same...

Using a prognostic medical device for early identification of pressure ulcers: protocol for study design

Designing a randomised trial to ascertain whether a medical device reduces the incidence of PUs through earlier adoption of preventive measures is challenging. This is largely because there is...

A clinical observational case series evaluation of a superabsorbent dressing on exudating wounds

In clinical settings, in the experience of this author and others (World Union of Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS), 2019), exudate is often referred to as ‘wound fluid’ or ‘wound drainage’. More...

Current practices using cellular, acelluar and matrix-like products (CAMPs)

The term skin substitutes can be misleading in that these products do not fully replace the integumentum when applied, but most do replicate some properties of normal skin and are thus an important...

A narrative review of patients' lived experience of having a pressure injury

A person's lived experience of pressure injuries is a complex phenomenon that refers to an individual's personal and subjective experience (Prosek and Gibson, 2021). According to NHS England (2023),...

Assessment of diabetic foot ulcers: back to basics

The risk of developing a DFU is influenced by both individual patient characteristics and specific foot-related factors (Table 2). A foot categorised as ‘at risk’ necessitates increased levels of...

Wound care in hard-to-reach populations: rough sleepers

‘People sleeping, about to bed down (sitting on/in or standing next to their bedding) or actually bedded down in the open air (such as on the streets, in tents, doorways, parks, bus shelters or...

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