Compression therapy in patients with venous leg ulcers: a best practice implementation project.

Introduction And Objectives: Venous leg ulcers are the most common ulcerations of the lower extremities. Compression is the most important consideration and the gold standard treatment for venous leg ulcers. This implementation project aimed to promote best practices in the management of venous leg ulcers in a rural community-care setting.

Assessment of chronic wounds in adults: an integrative review.

Objective: To identify the main aspects that should be assessed in adults with chronic wounds.

Method: This was an integrative review of the scientific literature published between 2010 and early 2015 in the PubMed and Web of Science databases.

Results: Few studies exclusively address wound assessment.