A Clinical Support App for routine wound management: reducing practice variation, improving clinician confidence and increasing formulary compliance.

Wounds continue to be of a global concern. Therefore, a more focussed, evidence-based approach to wound assessment and management is required. The WOUND COMPASS™ Clinical Support App (CSA) is designed to support the health care professional with wound assessment and management at the point of care.

Electrode Impedance Fluctuations as a Biomarker for Inner Ear Pathology After Cochlear Implantation.

Objectives/hypothesis: Cochlear implant surgery now aims to preserve residual low frequency hearing. The current research explores whether fluctuations in the electrical impedance of cochlear implant electrodes may act as a biomarker for pathological changes that lead to the delayed loss of residual hearing.

Study Design: Secondary analysis of a double-blinded randomized trial, where methylprednisolone was administered intravenously before cochlear implantation with a view to preserving residual hearing.