PPT-Barriers to effective Leg Ulcer care

Vanessa Harvey Vascular Clinical Nurse Specialist Current Leg Ulcer Management Challenges Patients not getting a differential diagnosis Lack of early treatment Current pathways are lengthy and sometimes delay treatment. Foot . Care. Chapter . 32. Keith Bowering, John . Embil. EDUCATE. about proper foot care. EXAMINE . for structural, vascular, neuropathy problems. DO . a 10 gram monofilament assessment. IDENTIFY . those at high . Content Validated, Evidence Based “Guideline of Pressure Ulcer Guidelines”. Using the AAWC Pressure Ulcer (PU) Guidelines to Manage Pressure Ulcers. 3 Steps to manage a PU patient:. Assess and document patient, skin & PU. Sharon D. White, BSN,RN,CWOCN. University of Alabama - Birmingham. Objectives. Identify different types of lower leg ulcers. Describe at least 3 major risk factors that may contribute to arterial, venous and diabetic ulcers. Definition : . Peptic ulcers are the areas of . degeneration. and . Necrosis. of gastrointestinal mucosa exposed to acid-peptic secretions.. The term peptic ulcer describes a condition in which there is a discontinuity in the entire thickness of the gastric or duodenal mucosa that persists in the gastric juice.. BERNARD M. Jaffe, MD. Professor of Surgery Emeritus. PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE. 8% Annual Incidence in the Population. 500,000 New Cases/Year. 4,000,000 Recurrences/Year. 130,000 Operations/Year. 9,000 Deaths/Year. Melissa Beer- Tissue viability nurse. Why prevention is so important. Patients safety. Quality of life. Cost implications. Category . 2 – £6,000/ulcer. Category 4 £14,000/ulcer. (Source: Department of Health 2010). By Dr. Zahoor. 1. Dyspepsia. What is Dyspepsia ?. . Dyspepsia is used to describe number of upper abdominal symptoms such as . . - Heart burn . . - Acidity. . - Pain or discomfort . . - Nausea . Heart Hospital. CTICU Pressure Ulcer Project Team .  .    . Team Leader . Dr. Alejandro Kohn Tuli . Physician. Dr. Hesham Ahmed. Safety Facilitator. Dr. Poonam Gupta. Quality Management. Ms. Kakoli Roy. 3 million Canadians live with diabetes which cost the Canadian healthcare system and economy 117 billion in 2010 and 15 of those living with diabetes will develop a diabetic foot ulcer complications AAWCGuidelineA QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE FOR PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION AND TREATMENTA Synthesis of Pressure Ulcer GuidelinesContent Validated StandardsEvidence-based ReferencesBySue Girolami RN BSN CWOCNL Assistant Professor. Department of Nutrition Science. School of Health Science. CSJM University, . K. anpur. Peptic ulcers are open sores that develop on the inside lining of your stomach and the upper portion of your small intestine. The most common symptom of a peptic ulcer is stomach pain.. Persistent or . recurrent pain or discomfort centered in the upper abdomen. . Not all . patients with dyspepsia have peptic . ulcer. . The most . common causes . of dyspepsia are . -. non-ulcer . or functional . Community information sheet What is Buruli ulcer? Buruli ulcer (also known as Bairnsdale ulcer) is an infection of skin and soft tissue caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans . The toxin The term peptic ulcer is used to describe any localised erosion of the mucosal lining of those portions of the alimentary tract that come in contact with gastric juice. This disintegration of tissues can also result in necrosis. The majority of ulcers are found in the duodenum, although they also occur in the oesophagus, stomach or jejunum..