Treating pressure ulcers: new evidence, continued uncertainty
Which dressing is best? Can the evidence help us choose wisely?
Tag Archives: Cochrane Wounds Group
Evidently Advent Day 23: best health evidence wrapped up for the festive season!
Is silver just for Christmas?
Evidently Advent Day 1: best health evidence wrapped up for the festive season!
Something's going on in the operating theatre...
Nursing basics: catheters and dressings. Is cheaper sometimes better?
Back to some nursing basics and evidence that cheaper resources are sometimes better for patients as well as health budgets
Pressure ulcers: evidence and uncertainty
A look at some Cochrane evidence on preventing and managing pressure ulcers and reflections on nursing practice
Nurses under pressure: do risk assessment tools help prevent pressure ulcers?
With no good evidence that using risk assessment tools helps prevent pressure ulcers, should we be using them?
Silver, napkins and some choice morsels of Cochrane evidence
Last week I gave you jellyfish, so don’t let it be said that I only go for the big...
An evidence advent calendar!
Daily Cochrane evidence with a festive twist through advent!
Flu, chills and other ills: a wintry round-up of Cochrane evidence
This week it really feels like winter is upon us and infection is the dominant theme in this blog,...
A mystery, missing evidence and some answers!
Contrary to what you might expect, you’ll have to wait until the end for the mystery, though in truth...
Hot off the press: catch this Cochrane evidence!
If your idea of a present is a new or updated Cochrane reviewCochrane Reviews are systematic reviews. In systematic...
Non-removable casts are better than dressings or removable casts for helping diabetes-related foot ulcers heal
Key message: Non-removable, pressure-relieving casts are more effective in healing diabetes-related plantar foot ulcers than removable casts, or dressings...