title: Updating on understanding and managing chronic wound.
abstract: The art of healing wounds is quite complex. It requires the patient's local condition in conjunction with their systemic condition to provide the most ideal wound environment. As wound care is expanding with advances in technology, we are facing a variety of different wound care products based on an assortment of bioengineered skin substances, growth factors, oxygen therapies, low frequency ultrasound and even low energy light. While these emerging evidence-based treatments prove to be promising in improving clinical outcomes and quality of life, it challenges providers to provide cost-effective treatment plans. The goal of this paper is to introduce a discussion regarding practical clinical application of various forms of advanced wound technologies in order to optimize the art of wound healing.
authors.affiliation: Tahoma Research, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
authors.forename: Nanjin J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Latricia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Vickie R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Driver
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use; D023822:Tissue Engineering; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor