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Nutritional assessment and management
Measurement of wound progress
Wound infection and bacterial control
Wound culture
• Indications for culture
• Method of wound culture
Management of limb cellulitis
Wound colonization and bacterial biofilms
Treatment of wound infection
• Topical antibiotics
• Systemic antibiotics
Primary wound dressings
Topical dressing selection
Antimicrobials in topical dressings
Periulcer skin management
Anti-inflammatory dressings
Adjunctive wound therapies
Indications for adjunctive therapies
Split-thickness skin graing
Cellular therapy
• Use of cellular therapy
• Preparation for cellular therapy
• Frequency of cellular therapy application
Negative pressure therapy
Electrical stimulation
Ultrasound therapy
Table 7. General Categories of Wound Therapy for VLUs
(cont'd)
