Wound healing involves four stages: homeostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. The skin is the body's largest ...

Wound healing happens in several stages. Your wound may look red, swollen, and watery at the beginning, any may have a red or pink raised scar once it closes. The scar will eventually become duller ...

National Nurses Week, celebrated May 6-12, 2017, offers an opportunity to reflect on the art and science of the profession, which combines clinical knowledge and the ability to make a difference in ...

Why does the wound physician want to change an unstageable wound to a stage 3? An unstageable pressure injury is defined as a wound that is covered by a surface layer of either slough or eschar that ...

RMIT University researchers are developing a smart wound dressing that uses nano sensors and reusable materials.

One of the basic concepts in infectious disease epidemiology is the “chain of infection” – in order for any organism to persist in the environment and cause infections, all links of the chain must be ...

From silver nanofibers to smart, sensory-packed dressings, the next generation of wound-healing technology is blurring the ...

Based on the analysis of electronic health records from 480 clinics, we found that better care quality and continuity are associated with better-than-expected wound healing performance. Objectives: To ...

The innate immune response is known to impact early stages of wound repair, with the role of some sensory neurons, including nociceptors, established as immunoregulators. However, the extent of the ...

The US has a diabetic wound problem. An estimated 1 million patients with diabetes in the US develop a foot ulcer annually.