Case Study Posters

What can we do to heal these wounds? We have tried everything else
Angel Sutton, RN, BSN, CWCN, CCCN, CFCN, ETHICA Health & Retirement Communities, Corporate Wound Care Nurse Consultant, Dalton, GA
Title: Is it worth your time? Developing a skin tear treatment protocol to improve patient outcomes and maintain cost control
Angel Sutton, RN, BSN, CWCN, CCCN, CFCN, ETHICA Health & Retirement Communities, Corporate Wound Care Nurse Consultant, Dalton, GA
Old Time Remedy to the Rescue
Barbara Bedell, MSN, RN, CWOCN, Nursing, Peconic Bay Medical Center, Riverhead, NY and Marianne Bradley, RN, MSN, CWOCN, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Bronx, NY
Modified Compression in Home Care
Bobbie Stallings, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Amedisys, Corporate Wound/Ostomy Care Specialist, Williamson, GA
Preventing Wound Dehiscence and Surgical Site Infections Using Single Use Negative Pressure Therapy System in Post Op C-Section Patients with BMI >35
Camille Ream, RN BScN ET1, Rahimah Moosa, RN BScN ET1 and Heidi DeLange, RN BScN2, (1)Surgery, Grey Nuns Community Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada, (2)Obstetrics, Grey Nuns Community Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Preventing Pressure Ulcer in the Prone Perioperative patient
Candi Haggard, RN CWOCN, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Goodlettsville, TN
Use of a Superabsorbent Wound Dressing to Manage Exudate in the Outpatient Setting
Catherine T. Milne, APRN, MSN, BC-ANP/CNS, CWOCN-AP, Connecticut Clinical Nursing Associates, LLC, Bristol, CT
Porcine Urinary Bladder Matrix for Difficult Wounds
Christine Parks, RN, CWON, CFCN, IIWCC, FNP (c), Presidio Surgical Group, tucson, AZ
It's Never Too Late for Leptospermum Honey
Connie Johnson, RN, BSN, WCC, LLE, OMS, DAPWCA, Princeton Medical Center, University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, Princeton, NJ
Radiation Dermatitis Received Relief with Leptospermum honey (LH)
Connie Johnson, RN, BSN, WCC, LLE, OMS, DAPWCA, Princeton Medical Center, University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, Princeton, NJ
OneSizeDoesNotFitAll
Connie Johnson, RN, BSN, WCC, LLE, OMS, DAPWCA, Princeton Medical Center, University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, Princeton, NJ
Pressure Ulcer Prevention in High Risk Unstable Spine Patient Using Multiple Evidence -Based Intervention
Cynthia Ellman, BSN, RN, CWCN, COCN, In Patient Wound Care, Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics, Tyler, TX and Betsy Carson, RN, Center Of Excellence, Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics, Tyler, TX
Role of the Senior Nurse in Identifying Patients That May Benefit From Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with Instillation as an Option to Enhance Closure in Difficult Lower Leg and Foot Wounds
Cynthia Gendics, RN1, Jamie Schwartz2, Ema Avdagic2 and John Lantis II, MD2, (1)St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, (2)St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY
The Road to Quality in Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Cynthia Sheehan, RN CWCN, COCN, Qualty, Franciscan StJames Health, Chicago, IL
The use of a new flexible mesh nanocrystalline silver product over a bilayered tissue-engineered skin substitute
Dave Brett, BS, BS, MS, Clinical Affairs, Smith & Nephew, St. Petersburg, FL
Changing wound care protocols to reduce post-operative Caesarean section complications
Dave Brett, BS, BS, MS, Clinical Affairs, Smith & Nephew, St. Petersburg, FL
Use of a single use negative pressure wound therapy (SUNPWT) system for split thickness skin grafts
Dave Brett, BS, BS, MS, Clinical Affairs, Smith & Nephew, St. Petersburg, FL
Clinical Experience of a New Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) System in Hard to Heal Wounds
Dave Brett, BS, BS, MS, Clinical Affairs, Smith & Nephew, St. Petersburg, FL
Single use negative pressure therapy following surgical debridement of a diabetic foot ulcer
Dave Brett, BS, BS, MS, Clinical Affairs, Smith & Nephew, St. Petersburg, FL
Development of a clinical guideline for the implementation of a Single Use Negative Pressure
Dave Brett, BS, BS, MS, Clinical Affairs, Smith & Nephew, St. Petersburg, FL
Multi-centre, Non-comparative Clinical In-Market Evaluation of a Silicone adhesive hydrocellular foam dressing*
Dave Brett, BS, BS, MS, Clinical Affairs, Smith & Nephew, St. Petersburg, FL
Can Advance Wound Care Healing Response Be Predicted Based on Wound Area?
Dave Brett, BS, BS, MS, Clinical Affairs, Smith & Nephew, St. Petersburg, FL
Clinical efficacy of an alternative foam-based Negative Pressure Wound Therapy system
Dave Brett, BS, BS, MS, Clinical Affairs, Smith & Nephew, St. Petersburg, FL
Juggling management of stool containment and healing of a severe peristomal wound
Kathy Demmer, RN, BSN, MSN, CWOCN, Colo-Rectal Surgery, Nursing, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN and Deborah Wessling, RN, BSN, CWON, Colo-Rectal surgery, Nursing, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Rochester, MN
Reducing Management Costs and Optimizing Patient Outcomes Utilizing Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with Instillation for Complex Wounds
Denise Gilmore, BSN, RN, CWOCN1, Nicole Harris, BN, RN, CWOCN1 and Kristina Fawcett, MSN, FNP-C, CWS2, (1)Wound/Ostomy, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, Glendale, AZ, (2)Valley Wound Care Specialists, Scottsdale, AZ
The Use of Aluminum-Based Antiperspirant to Manage Secondary Hyperhidrosis to Facilitate Negative Pressure Therapy
Diane Hays, CNS, APRN, CWOCN, Cherie Steinkampf, BSN, RN, CWOCN and Tara Clesi, BSN, RN-BC, WOCN, Wound/Ostomy, Ochsner Hospital, New Orleans, LA
Using Music as an Adjuvant Therapy during Dressing Changes
Dona Isaac, MSN/ED, CWCN, COCN, Gastric Mixed Tumor & Colorectal, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Treatment of complex open abdominal wounds with exposed viscera using a specialized negative pressure device in the acute care setting
Donna J. Byfield, COCN, CWOCN, baptist Hospital of South Florida, Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami, FL
Helping to Save Limbs--One Total Contact Cast at a Time
Donna Willemsen, RN BSN CWS, Cedar Park Regional Wound Care Center, Cedar Park, TX
A Novel Approach to Managing Traumatic Dermal Abrasions (Road Rash)
Emily Greenstein, CWON1, Andrew Marxen, CWON2, Shari Lee, CWON1, Nikki Oliver, CWON1, Nikki Fischer-Buchholz, WON1 and Nancy Moore, CWON1, (1)Sanford Medical Center Fargo, Fargo, ND, (2)Convatec, Rochester, MN
A Prospective Non-Blinded Open-Label Case Series to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Skin Wellness System to Protect and Improve Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis and Treat Perineal Fungal Infection
Glenda Motta, BSN, MPH, ET, GM Associates Inc., GM Associates Inc., Loveland, CO, Marie Brown-Etris, RN, CWON, Etris Associates Inc., Southampton, PA and Deborah Hotep, MSN, ARNP, Independent, Tucson, AZ
The effects of Aquacel Ag for infective wound with skin defect and severe hernia on abdomen after surgery
Hui Fang Su, Department of nursing, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Taiwan, Tainan, Taiwan
The effects of Aquacel Ag SURGICAL for infective open wound on abdomen
Hui Fang Su, Department of nursing, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Taiwan, Tainan, Taiwan
Indication of Two Piece System of Moldable Technology for the Intestinal Ostomates from a SMALL City of SÃo Paulo State, Brazil
Janaína da Silva III, BSN, RN1, Helena Megumi Sonobe III, PHD, MSN, BSN2, Camila Megumi Naka Shimura III, BSN, RN2 and Marco Gimenes dos Santos III, BSN, RN3, (1)School of Nursing at University of São Paulo, CWOCN, Ourinhos/São Paulo, Brazil, (2)School of Nursing at University of São Paulo, CWOCN, Ribeirão Preto/São Paulo, Brazil, (3)School of Nursing at University of São Paulo, CWOCN, Franca/São Paulo, Brazil
Phantom Rectum Syndrome
Janelle Homsted, RN MSN CWS CWOCN, Inpatient Wound Ostomy Department, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Hematoma Resolution Solution
Janis Harrison, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CFCN, Harrison WOC Services, President, Thurston, NE
Moisture Related/ Fungal Skin Breakdown under Tracheostomy Device in the Neonate
Jennifer Turner, RN, BSN, WON, Wound Care Department, West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, WV and Janice Shreve, RN, MSN, APRN, FACCWS, Plastic Surgery Department, West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, WV
Treatment Options for Moderate to Severe Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis (IAD) and Intertriginous Dermatitis (ITD)
Karyl Tammel, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, Nursing, Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Rochester, MN and Rokea el-Azhary, MD, PhD, Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
A close look at the autolytic debridement properties and moist wound management activity of medical grade honey dressings
Katie Schmidt, BSN, RN, CWCN, Ostomy Services, Health First, Cape Canaveral Hospital, Cocoa Beach, FL
A New Focus for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: Palliative Care, A Case Series
Kelly Browning, RN, CWS1, Ginger Zeda, LPN, CWCA2, Jason Cardin, LPN, CWCA1 and Laura Dedig, BSN RN WCC BIRN3, (1)Wound Care, Promise Hospital, Shreveport, LA, (2)Wound Care, Promise Hospital, Bossier City, LA, (3)Clinical Support, Recover Care, Louisville, KY
Case studies in the use of medical grade honey in the pediatric surgical population
Kerri Baldwin, MSN, APN, FNP-BC, Teri Coha, APN, CWOCN, Linda Zekas, MSN, APN, NNP-BC, CPNP-PC, Marybeth Browne, MS, MD and Erin Rowell, MD, Pediatric Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Management of extensive peristomal skin ulcer associated with colon cancer: Usefulness of negative pressure wound therapy for skin graft fixation
Kosuke Ishikawa, MD1, Toshiyuki Minamimoto, MD, PhD1, Takeo Mizuki, RN, WOCN2, Naoe Furukawa, RN, WOCN2, Kazutoshi Terashima, RN, WOCN2 and Masazumi Sugii, MD3, (1)Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hakodate Municipal Hospital, Hakodate, Japan, (2)Department of Nursing Care, Hakodate Municipal Hospital, Hakodate, Japan, (3)Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
Unique Solution for Infected Lower Extremity Wounds with Extensive Tendon and Bone Involvement
Linda Benskin, PhD, RN, SRN (Ghana), CWCN, CWS, DAPWCA, Ferris Mfg. Corp., Austin, TX and Peter Bombande, Church of Christ Mission Clinic, Yendi, Ghana
Restoring Quality of Life for Patients with Infected Acute Wounds
Linda Benskin, PhD, RN, SRN (Ghana), CWCN, CWS, DAPWCA, Ferris Mfg. Corp., Austin, TX
Off-loading Effects on Pressure Ulcer Healing Time
Liza Clemens, RN CWOCN, Wound Treatment Center, Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, Marietta, GA
Use of crushed prednisone tablets in the topical treatment of peristomal pyoderma gangrenosum
Lynn E. DeMartyn, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Pinnacle Health System - Harrisburg Hospital, Pinnacle Health System - Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, PA, Margaret Matthews, ND, BS, RN, CWOCN, Pinnacle Health System - Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, PA, Nancy Ann Faller, PhD, MSN, RN, CWOCN, None, Consultant, Turners Falls, MA and Laurie Miller, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Good Samaritan Home Health and Hospice, Lebanon, PA
MatriStem® Urinary Bladder Matrix Application for Wound Remodeling in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients
Margaret Birdsong, MSN, CPNP, CWOCN, Johns Hopkins Hospital, WOCN, Pediatric Surgery, Baltimore, MD and Kimberly Haus Mciltrot, DNP, CPNP, CWOCN, Johns Hopkins Hospital, WOCN, Peditatric Surgery, Baltimore, MD
Activated Carbon Cloth in Direct Contact with VLU Granulation Speeds Healing: Suppression of Biofilm Bacteria and Detoxification of Inflammatory Exudate are Probable Mechanisms
Martin J. Winkler Sr., MD, FACS, Martin J Winkler Sr., MD, FACS, Vascular Surgeon, Omaha, NE and Sara Monica Winkler, Engineering, Student, Department of Bio Engineering Stanford University, Research Assistant, Omaha, NE
Osmose Study: Multinational Evaluation of the Peristomal Condition in Ostomates Using Moldable Skin Barriers*
Mary V. Cabral, MSN, FNP-BC, CWOCN-AP, University Surgical Associates/Rhode Island Colorectal Clinic, Pawtucket, RI, MT Szewczyk, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland and K Hölzel- Piontek, RN, RehaTechnik Jesse GmbH, Velbert, Germany
Deep Tissue Injury in Mechanically Ventilated Cardiovascular Postoperative Patients
MaryAnne Lewis, RN, BSN, CWOCN, St. Luke's Health System The Woodlands, Nurse Clinician, The Woodlands, TX
Enteroatmospheric fistulas with open abdominal wounds; the challenges of transitioning from a hospital setting to home
Megan Duerden, RN, WCC and Linda Cox, APRN, WOCN, FNP, Nursing, Promise Healthcare of Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, UT
The Use of Topical Negative Pressure for the Treatment of Pressure Ulcers
Merlinda Birch, RN, MSN, FNP, CWOCN, WOUND CARE, JOHN MUIR HEALTH, Walnut Creek, CA
An economical Way to Prevent HEEL Ulcers in Surgical Patients
Nancy Chaiken, CWOCN, ANP-C, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Adult Nurse Practitioner, Certified Wound, Ostomy Continence Nurse, Chicago, IL
Topical Sodium Thiosulfate application as an Adjunction Therapy for Leg Ulcers with Dystrophic Calcification
Nataliya Lebedinskaya, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Surgery Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, Walnut Creek, CA
Effects of non-contact, low frequency ultrasound therapy on chronic, non-healing wounds
Nataliya Lebedinskaya, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Surgery Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, Walnut Creek, CA
Pain Management in Pediatric Patients during Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Dressing Changes
Oscar Solis, BA, RN, WCC, CWON, Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX and Roxana Reyna, BSN, RNC-NIC, WCC, Wound Care, Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX
Moisturization and Lubrication: A Proven Remedy For Dry, Scaly, Flaky Skin
Paula Pattison, RN, BSN, CWON1, Jonathan Gordon, MD, FACS, CWS2, Paula Muto, MD, FACS2, Lorraine DeRosa, RN, CWS2, Venu Saddi, M.D.3 and Brenda Holter, RN, BHN4, (1)Self Employed, Nursing Consultant; Past Director Wound Clinic At Holy Family, Kingston, NH, (2)Wound Clinic, Holy Family Hospital, A Steward Family Hospital, Methuen, MA, (3)Holy Family Hospital, A Steward Family Hospital, M.D. Staff in Wound Clinic, Methuen, MA, (4)Holy Family Hospital, A Steward Family Hospital, Staff member in Wound Clinic, Methuen, MA
Clinical Case Series to Evaluate a Silver Foam Dressing
Peggy McCracken, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Advanced Home Care, Advanced Home Care, Kingsport, TN, Brenda Emmerth, BSN, RN, CWCN, Advanced Home Care, Gastonia, NC and Karen Sanders, BSN, RN, CWON, Advanced Home Care, High Point, NC
Healing a Kennedy Terminal Ulcer: A Case Study
Rhoda Kahn, RN, MSN, CFNP, WCC, Nursing, McLaren Oakland, Pontiac, MI
Management of Complex Congential Wounds
Sandra Oehlke, RN CNP CWOCN DNC DCNP CCRP CCM, Skin Integrity, Childrens Hospitals Clinics of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, Melissa Steger, RN CNS CWCN COCN, NICU, Childrens Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN and Mary Jaeger, RN CNS DNP, Skin Integrity, Childrens Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Management of CHG-Associated Dermatitis at Central Line Sites in Pediatric Patients
Sandra Oehlke, RN CNP CWOCN DNC DCNP CCRP CCM, Skin Integrity, Childrens Hospitals Clinics of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN and Mary Jaeger, RN CNS DNP, Skin Integrity, Childrens Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Battling the Issues of Skin and Wound Pathogens With or Without Excess Drainage Using a Unique Foam to Provide an All in One Dressing Choice
Shawna Philbin, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Health-First Palm Bay Hospital, Health First Palm Bay Hospital, Palm Bay, FL
The use of polyacrylate polymer based wound dressing to promote autolytic debridement in wounds of different etiologies: a multi-patient case study
Stephanie D'Andrea, RN, CWON1, Angela Natale-Ryan, RN, CWON2, Susan Tracey, RN, CWON3, Christine Nunag, RN, CWCN3 and Lynn Eggert, RN, CWCN4, (1)Wound/Ostomy, Overlook Medical Center-Atlantic Health, Summit, NJ, (2)Wound/Ostomy, Overlook Medical Center - Atlantic Health, Summit, NJ, (3)Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Center, Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ, (4)Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Center, Overlook Medical Center - Atlantic Health, Summit, NJ
Use of a Soft Silicone-Exudate Transfer Ag Dressing Under Compression May Improve Infected/Bioburdern-laden Wounds While Managing Exudate and Promoting Patient Comfort
Suzanne Koerner, RN, CWOCN, Mount Carmel West, Mount Carmel Health System, Columbus, OH and Diane Adams, RN, CWCN, Mount Carmel West, Columbus, OH
How Safe is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Ostomy Patients? A Pilot Case Series
Takkin Lo, MD, MPH, CWSP, ABPM-UHM, Loma Linda Univeristy Medical Center, MD, MPH, Loma Linda, CA, Cassaundra Song, MHID, Respiratory Care, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, Abdullah Alismail, MS, RRT-NPS, Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Allied Health, Loma Linda, CA and David Bland, MBBS, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA
Second Degree Arm Burn: An Unexpected Sequelae of a Routine CPR
Takkin Lo, MD, MPH, CWSP, ABPM-UHM, Loma Linda Univeristy Medical Center, MD, MPH, Loma Linda, CA, Ashish Sharma, DDS, Dentistry, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, CA, Cassaundra A. Song, MHID, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Research Assistant, Loma Linda, CA, Abdullah Alismail, MS, RRT-NPS, Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Allied Health, Loma Linda, CA and Evelyn Massey, MD, Life Support Education, Loma Linda, CA
Use of an Antibacterial Foam ostomy Dressing for the Managment of Peristomal Skin Complications
Tami Walker, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Ambulatory Care Ostomy Nursing Services, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI, Jane Theriault, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Ambulatory Care Ostomy Nursing Services, University of Michgian Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI and Neal Dunwoody, BSN, RN, BA, WOCN, private practice, Private community practioner, vancouver, BC, Canada
Management of a Complex APR Wound Using a Thin Fenestrated Acellular Human Matrix
Vanessa Johns, CWCN and Mary Dalton, CWOCN, Wound Care, Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA
Noncontact Low-Frequency Ultrasound Treatment for Spinal Cord Injured Patients with Suspected Deep Tissue Injury (sDTI)
Vivian Pacheco, MS, RN, CRRN, CWOCN, Ashlee Beaner, RN, BSN, CWOCN and Jon Killingsworth, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
Use of a New Foam Wound Dressing in 3 LTC Patients with Chronic Pressure Ulcers
Diane Smith, MSN, GNP, C, Clinical Support, GWM Products, Birmingham, AL
Autolytic Debridement and Healing of Neonatal and Pediatric Wounds with Active Leptospermum Honey
Rene Amaya, MD, Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialists of Houston, Houston, TX
Use of Active Leptospermum Honey to Aide in Promoting Autolytic Debridement and Wound Healing in Challenging Chronic Wounds
Margarita Simón, MS, FNP-BC, CWCN, Simón Wound Consulting, PLLC, Consultant, Virginia Beach, VA, Kim Smith, Gentiva Home Health, Virginia Beach, VA and Rachele Uptegrow, RN, Gentiva Home Health Services, Virginia Beach, VA
A Winning Wound Combination
Maureen W. McCarthy, BSN, RN, CWON1, Kerri Giannino, RN, BSN, WOCN1 and Virginia Capasso, PhD, ANP-BC, CWS2, (1)General Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, (2)Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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