Clinical Relevance of Microclimate Tests on Support Surfaces.

Adv Skin Wound Care

Michele Deppisch, PT, CWS, is Wound Care Consultant, Hertford, North Carolina. Ryan Alvarez, BS, is Senior Staff Design Engineer, Stryker Corporation, Portage, Michigan. Brent Larson, BA, is Manager, Sleep System Evaluation, Element Materials Technology, St Paul, Minnesota. Dave Newton, CEng, EUR ING, MIET, MIEE, is Product Development Manager, Arjo Inc, San Antonio, Texas. Also at Stryker Corporation, Steven Saliga, BEng, is Designing Mechanical and Electrical Test Systems Planning Engineer. Barbara Samson, OTR/L, CWS, MBA, CSPHC, is Executive Clinical Specialist, Mölnlycke Health Care, Peachtree Corners, Georgia. Frank Sauser, MS, PMP, is Principal Engineer, Baxter, Batesville, Indiana. Sara Tackson, MPT, CWS, is Clinical Consultant, Wound Care and Bariatrics, Arjo Inc, Addison, Illinois. Erica Thibault, MS, RN, CNS, APN, CWON, is Clinical Director, Seneca Devices, Durham North Carolina. Kristen Thurman, MPT, CWS, CFPS, is Vice President of Product Management and Clinical Affairs Agiliti Health, Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Jackie Todd, BSN, RN, CWCN, DAPWCA, is Clinical Consultant, Summerville, South Carolina. Acknowledgments : None of the authors received funding for this work. Several of the authors are employed by industry under research development and clinical departments. The authors would like to acknowledge the following individuals for sharing their time, expertise, and resources in writing this article: Shaun Ambrose-Jones, David Brienza, Evan Call, Richard Haxby, Rosalyn Jordan, and Stephanie Slayton. Submitted July 14, 2023; accepted in revised form May 3, 2024.

Published: March 2025

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ASW.0000000000000074DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

clinical relevance
4
relevance microclimate
4
microclimate tests
4
tests support
4
support surfaces
4
clinical
1
microclimate
1
tests
1
support
1
surfaces
1

Similar Publications

Background: IgA nephropathy (IgAN) presents a challenging spectrum of outcomes, often complicated by intrarenal arterial/arteriolar lesions (IALs) in affected individuals. Despite their clinical relevance, existing criteria for classifying and assessing the severity of these lesions remain undefined. This study aimed to establish semi-quantitative assessment criteria for grading IALs and to evaluate their prognostic significance in patients with IgAN.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a frequent and severe complication among newborns in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). It is associated with elevated morbidity and mortality rates, more extended hospital stays and increased health care costs. Implementing preventive care bundles and structured sets of evidence-based practices reduces VAP incidence.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Handedness.

Handb Clin Neurol

March 2025

Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Research Center One Health Ruhr, Research Alliance Ruhr, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.

This chapter offers an overview of the literature on human handedness and its assessment in clinical neurologic practice and research. There are two major forms of handedness: hand preference, which describes a subjective preference to use one hand over the other for skilled motor activities like writing, and hand skill, which describes objectively measured mother skill. This chapter gives an overview of widely used questionnaires and tests to assess hand preference and hand skill, as well as suggestions on how to determine handedness categories such as left-handed, right-handed, and mixed-handed based on the results of these questionnaires and tests.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Cerebellar asymmetries.

Handb Clin Neurol

March 2025

Western Institute for Neuroscience, Western University, London, ON, Canada; Department of Computer Science, Western University, London, ON, Canada; Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada.

The cerebellum is a subcortical structure tucked underneath the cerebrum that contains the majority of neurons in the brain, despite its small size. While it has received less attention in the study of brain asymmetries than the cerebrum, structural asymmetries in the cerebellum have been found in cerebellar volume that mirror cerebral asymmetries. Larger cerebellar structures have been reported on the right compared to the left, either for the whole cerebellar hemisphere or the anterior part of the cerebellum, with the latter accompanied by a left increase in the posterior cerebellum.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The development of the Postdoctoral Nurses Competence Scale: A Delphi consensus and content validity study.

J Prof Nurs

March 2025

Nursing Science department, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Nursing Science, Program in Clinical Health Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Background: PhD prepared nurses advance nursing science through research and integration of findings into practice. They demonstrate expertise in research, education, patient care, and policy. Various professional competencies are required for success in research, clinical practice, and education.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!