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The Role of Hyperbaric Nurses in Advanced Wound Care
What Is Hyperbaric Nursing? Hyperbaric nursing is a specialized field that supports patients receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)—a...
Oct 23, 20203 min read
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How Doxycycline Supports Healing in Chronic Wound Care
Understanding Doxycycline’s Role in Wound Healing Doxycycline, a semi-synthetic member of the tetracycline family, has long been used...
Oct 23, 20203 min read
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Chronic Osteomyelitis: How Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Supports Healing
What Is Chronic Refractory Osteomyelitis (CRO)? Chronic refractory osteomyelitis (CRO) is a persistent and often recurrent bone infection...
Oct 22, 20203 min read
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Exploring Available Evidence for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Acute Traumatic Sports Injury
Current Use and Discussion of HBOT for Sports-Related Injuries Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is gaining traction in sports, with...
Oct 19, 20205 min read
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What Does Crust Look Like on Wounds?
How Crusts Form and Protect Healing Skin Crusting is one of the most recognizable signs of wound healing. But what exactly is a crust,...
Oct 15, 20202 min read
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What Does a Wagner Grade 5 Look Like?
What Is a Wagner Grade 5 Diabetic Foot Ulcer? Wagner Grade 5 diabetic foot ulcers represent the most severe classification in the Wagner...
Oct 15, 20202 min read
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What does a Wagner Grade 4 Look Like?
Wagner Grade 4 diabetic foot ulcers involve localized gangrene affecting the toe, forefoot, or multiple toes. The tissue death may appear...
Oct 15, 20202 min read
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Scab vs. Eschar: Key Differences in Wound Healing
In wound care, understanding the distinction between scabs and eschars is critical. Although the terms are sometimes used...
Oct 13, 20203 min read
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Managing HBOT Safely in Dialysis Patients: What You Should Know
Understanding the Overlap Between Kidney Disease and Cardiac Risk More than 15 million Americans live with chronic kidney disease—nearly...
Oct 8, 20206 min read
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Osteomyelitis in Non-Healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers:
A Case for Serial Radiographs and Modulation of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines. Osteomyelitis presents in 3 different stages with poorly...
Oct 1, 202012 min read
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Unrecognized osteomyelitis in pressure injury patients; a missed HBO opportunity?
Below is a list of references with a synopsis of each paper. As you will see osteomyelitis is often overlooked. I hope that you and your...
Sep 28, 20204 min read
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Chronic Refractory Osteomyelitis and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)
Chronic osteomyelitis is the prototypical hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) problem wound, demanding meticulous attention to all details and...
Sep 28, 20202 min read
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Charcot Foot and Advanced Wound Care Management
Charcot neuroarthropathy—commonly referred to as Charcot foot—is a rare but serious and disabling condition that can cause widespread...
Sep 25, 20202 min read
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Why Do Some Wounds Hurt While Others Don’t? Key Insights
Pain is a frequent symptom of patients living with chronic wounds and contributes to suffering and reduced quality of life. 9,65,66 ...
Sep 15, 20209 min read
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Understanding Oxygen Toxicity in Hyperbaric Medicine
Preventing oxygen toxicity from occurring is a major goal in the application of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. However, complete prevention...
Sep 15, 20203 min read
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HBO and Dialysis Patients: At High Risk?
by: James R. Wilcox, RN, BSN, ACHRN, CWCN, CFCN, CWS, WCC, DAPWCA, FCCWS More than 15 million Americans have chronic kidney disease of...
Aug 6, 20205 min read
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