European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel

Gaymar Symposium

• The Combined Effect of Pressure and Shear on Capillary Closure in the Microscale of Skeletal Muscle Tissue

  Amit Gefen, PhD; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University

• What Are the Effects of Pressure and Shear on Tissue?

  Laura E. Edsberg, Ph.D.; Natural & Health Sciences Research Center, Center for Wound Healing Research, Daemen College, Amherst, NY

• Can we define a damage threshold for soft tissues under sustained mechanical loading?

  Cees Oomens, Karlien Ceelen, Anke Stekelenburg, and Dan Bader; Biomedical Engineering Department, Eindhoven University of Technology, and Queen Mary University of London

KCI Symposium

• Managing the Pressure Ulcer - a Holistic Approach

  Dr. George W. Cherry; Oxford International Wound Healing Foundation, Oxford UK

• Science and Clinical Evidence - Mechanisms of action of VAC Therapy and corresponding clinical benefits

  Raymund E. Horch MD; Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University of Erlangen Medical Center, Germany

• Pre-treatment of Pressure Ulcers with Topical Negative Pressure Enhances Plastic Surgical Coverage

  Raymund E. Horch MD, Justus Beier, MD, Ulrich Kneser, MD, Alexander D. Bach; Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University of Erlangen Medical Center, Germany

• Integrated Therapy Systems for Better Wound Care: The science and practice of pressure ulcer management. The Management of a patient undergoing VAC Therapy

  Kathryn Vowden; Nurse Consultant, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bradford

Smith & Nephew Symposium

• Pressure ulcers and complex wounds - the real cost issues

  Professor John Posnett; Director of Health Economics, Smith & Nephew Wound Management

• Negative Pressure Wound Therapy within a Care Pathway for Pressure Ulcers

  Lynne Watret; Clinical Nurse Specialist, Tissue Viability, Greater Glasgow Primary Healthcare Trust

• New Aspects of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Clinical Management

  David Gray; Clinical Director, Wounds UK and Clinical Nurse Specialist, Grampian Acute Health Services, Aberdeen, Scotland

Japanese Symposium

• Recent trends in pressure ulcer management in Japan

  Hiromi Sanada, RN, WOCN, PhD; Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo

• DESIGN tool: to classify pressure ulcer severity and monitor the healing process

  Takahiko Moriguchi MD, PhD.; Dept. of Plastic Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

• JSPU Guideline for Local Treatment of Pressure Ulcers

  Shigeru Ichioka, MD; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saitama Medical University, Japan

• Risk factors of pressure ulcers in Japan

  Takehiko Ohura MD, PhD.; President of Pressure Ulcer and Wound Healing Research Center (Kojin-kai), Sapporo, Japan

• New Concepts of PU from the Perspective of Shear Force and Pressure; (1) Mechanism and measurements

  Makoto Takahashi, Dr. Eng.; Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

• Clinical Evidence regarding Shear Force and Pressure Ulcers

  Takehiko Ohura MD, PhD.; Pressure Ulcer and Wound Healing Research Center (Kojin-kai), Sapporo, Japan

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