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Bridget M. Kuehn

JAMA. 2007;297:938-939.

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New guidelines aim to bring consistency and a higher standard of care to the millions of US individuals with chronic wounds.

The public health impact of chronic wounds is staggering. An estimated 1.3 to 3 million US individuals are believed to have pressure ulcers; and as many as 10% to 15% of the 20 million individuals with diabetes are at risk of developing diabetic ulcers. Many more have had venous ulcers or wounds that result from arterial disease.

Treating these wounds costs an estimated $5 billion to $10 billion each year, according to Adrian Barbul, MD, president of the Wound Healing Society, a professional organization for basic and clinical scientists (http://www.woundheal.org/). Despite the clinical and economic impact of chronic wounds, however, there has been little consensus on the best ways to diagnose and treat them. To close this gap, the society has developed a set . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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