2008 SAWC/WHS Attendee Registration

2007 Poster Abstracts

Posters are sorted by the first author's last name
1 - Evaluation of an advanced treatment (amelogenin) on hard-to-heal venous leg ulcers that have not responded to standard therapy
Claire Acton, TVN

2 - Optimal combination therapies for chronic wounds using a statistically designed experiment (DOE) involving a response surface
Moffatt D. Adams, Jr., DPM, BS, AAES, CQE¹, CQT-ASQC, Javier La Fontaine, DPM

3 - Treatment of recal citrant ulcers with silver sulfate dressing
Salome Agbim, ND, CNS, APRN, BC

4 - Healing hidradenitis suppurativa surgical wounds using a silver antimicrobial wound gel
Salome Agbim, ND, CNS, APRN, BC

5 - A study of combined interventions: negative pressure wound therapy and a 100% sodium carboxymethylcellulose fiber dressing with Ionic silver for the M
Jennifer K. Agosti, RN

6 - Relationship between moisture level in stage II pressure ulcers and wound healing
J Sugama, H. Sanada, C. Konya, T. Nakatani, A. Ueda, K. Tsuda, A. Inoue, K. Tabata

7 - Experience with digital photograph planimetry (DPP) for wound measurement, quantitative wound assessment, and charting
Paul Kogan, Martin Wendelken, DPM, RN, Lee Markowitz, DPM, Linda Waltrous, RN, BSN, CWCN, Oscar M. Alvarez, PhD.

8 - Combining skin grafting and negative pressure therapy in difficult wounds to achieve healing: a case study approach
Cindy Ambrose and Nancy Vaughan

9 - Clinical case studies utilizing natural *hydrolyzed collagen powder to effectively heal a variety of wounds
Ruth E. Anderson RN, CWS; Charlene Wilkening RN, CWS; Cathy Wetzeler RN, CWOCN..Boone County Hospital, Boone, IA

10 - Risk factors for osteomyelitis associated with diabetic foot wounds
Lawrence A. Lavery, Edgar J.G. Peters, David G. Armstrong, Christopher S. Wendel, Douglas P. Murdoch, Benjamin A. Lipsky.

11 - How reliable, accurate and valid are current physical examination techniques of the foot and ankle?
James S Wrobel, David G Armstrong

12 - Validation of the infectious disease society of americaÕs diabetic foot infection classification system
Lawrence A. Lavery, David G. Armstrong, Douglas P. Murdoch, Edgar J.G. Peters, Benjamin A. Lipsky

13 - Quality of life in healing diabetic wounds: does the end justify the means?
David G. Armstrong, Lawrence A. Lavery, James S. Wrobel, Loretta Vileikyte

14 - Opportunities for prevention of diabetic foot ulcers through evaluation of causal pathways
Lawrence A. Lavery, Edgar J.G. Peters, David G. Armstrong

15 - The high-low amputation ratio: toward a common measure of quality of diabetic foot care?
David G Armstrong, James S Wrobel, Jeff M Robbins

16 - The usage of nanocrystalline silver in infected chronic wounds
Noemi Rogenski, MSN, ET,RN, Cleide Baptista, MC, MSN, RN, Suzana Aron, ET, RN

17 - Wound bed preparation:an approach to brazilian nursing practice
Aron S. ET, RN; Pinto MDF, RN; Gamba MA, MD, PhD

18 - Reduction of pain and improved wound healing utilizing a bilayered living cell therapy in cases of pyoderma gangrenosum
Barbara Aung, DPM, CWS

19 - Early initiation of negative pressure wound therapy* in the treatment of stage III and IV pressure ulcers: analyzing the impact on length of treatment
Mona Baharestani, PhD, ANP, CWOCN, CWS, FCCWS, FAPWCA; Michael S. Keith, PhD, PharmD; Sunni A. Barnes, PhD; Darron Daly, MS.

20 - Infected acute wounds close rapidly using polymeric membrane dressings*
Linda Benskin, BSN, RN, Ghana SRN, CWCN

21 - Solving the closed wound edge problem in venous ulcers using polymeric membrane dressings*
Linda Benskin, BSN, RN, Ghana SRN, CWCN

22 - Use of negative pressure wound therapy in the management of infected abdominal wounds with exposed mesh: an analysis of outcomes
Mona Baharestani, PhD, ANP, CWOCN, CWS, FCCWS, FAPWCA

23 - Use of negative pressure wound therapy* in the treatment of neonatal and pediatric wounds: a retrospective examination of clinical outcomes
Mona Baharestani, PhD, ANP, CWOCN, CWS, FCCWS, FAPWCA

24 - Nursing home america: F-tag revisions and guidelinesÑare we demonstrating best practice?
Ken Heitkamp, Director of Operations

25 - Improving wound healing progress in LTAC patients using negative pressure wound therapy
Sharon Barber, RN, BSN, WOCN

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