title: The Kent hospital Wound Recovery and Hyperbaric Medicine Center: a brief overview, 1998-2013.
abstract: A brief description of the Wound Recovery and Hyperbaric Medicine Center, now in its second decade of service, will inform the general medical community of this valuable asset. Demand for wound care services is predicted to grow steadily over the next several decades. Kent Hospital's vision for wound care is embodied in its thriving Wound Recovery and Hyperbaric Medicine Center. New cost- effective wound healing therapies must be developed and evidence-based practices established. New physicians and support staff must be trained. Only through a blending of high quality clinical care with research and education will these objectives be achieved and future successes in the management of patients and their wounds be made possible.
authors.affiliation: Medical Director of The Kent Hospital Wound Recovery and Hyperbaric Medicine Center; Adjunct Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; Past President, Northeast Chapter of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society.
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Perdrizet
authors.affiliation: Associate Director, The Kent Hospital Wound Recovery and Hyperbaric Medicine Center; Affiliate Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida, and President-elect of the Wound Healing Society.
authors.forename: Lisa J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.affiliation: Clinical Manager of The Kent Hospital Wound Recovery and Hyperbaric Medicine Center.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deciantis
authors.affiliation: Staff Physician, The Kent Hospital Wound Recovery and Hyperbaric Medicine Center; Active member of UHMS and AAWC, and is Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
authors.forename: Ronald P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Zinno
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D012237:Rhode Island; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Chronic wound care; Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society; decompression illness; diabetic foot ulcer; hyperbaric medicine; radiation tissue injury