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Lecture Hall Wound Care | Treatment

Vacuum Assisted Closure in Optimizing the Wound


Available Credits
CPME 0.75

Lawrence Lavery
Lawrence Lavery, DPM, MPH
Professor
Department of Surgery
Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic
Texas A&M University
Health Science Center College of Medicine
This presentation was made possible by

an Educational Grant from
KCI
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This presentation discusses the role of negative pressure wound therapy in the
treatment of diabetic foot uclers and open amputation wounds. In adition we will discuss
the the use of wound trajectories at 1 and 4 weeks of treatment to predict final wound healing.
And we will discuss the cost of NPWT and mosit wound therapy.

 Goal and Objective
After participating in this activity, the viewer should be better able to:
1. To discuss the mechanism of action of negative pressure wound therapy
2. To discuss the clinical evidence for NPWT for diabetic foot ulcers and open amputation wounds
3. To discuss the economic benefit of NPWT
4. To discuss the change in wound trajectories in NPWT and standard moist wound therapy

Estimated time to complete this activity is 50 minutes.

Physicians, diabetes educators, and other health care professionals who treat patients with diabetes.
Accreditation and Designation of Credit
PODIATRY: The Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine(OCPM) is an approved sponsor of Continuing Podiatric Medical Education through the Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME).

The Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine credits this activity for 0.75 credit hour.

Release Date: 01/22/2009 Expiration Date: 12/30/2012
Peer Review: on 01/22/2009

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It is the policy of PRESENT e-Learning Systems and it's accreditors to insure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its individually sponsored or jointly sponsored educational programs. All faculty participating in any PRESENT e-Learning Systems sponsored programs are expected to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of the continuing education program. This pertains to relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic. The intent of this policy is not to prevent a speaker with a potential conflict of interest from making a presentation. It is merely intended that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of the facts.
Lawrence Lavery, DPM, MPH has nothing to disclose.