Background: Palliative wound care should be centered on symptom management and is a
viable option for patients whose chronic wounds do not respond to standard interventions, or …

The most common types of non-healing wounds are four types: pressure ulcers, diabetic
ulcers, ischemic ulcers and venous ulcers. Many of those wounds develop among the …

Non-healing wounds negatively impact healthcare systems and patients' quality of life (Sen
et al, 2009). Eighty-five wound specialists developed an international consensus on how to …

The wound healing process consists of a carefully coordinated sequence of events after a
cutaneous injury leading to regeneration of the skin protective barrier. 1 After an initial insult …

Chronic wounding has become a common experience for many Americans, especially older
adults. As the population ages, more persons with wounds will require care. This study adds …

Wound healing and its treatment are subjects that have been discussed for centuries in the
medical literature. Wounds are everywhere, occurring in the young and elderly and in …