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	Recent news about pressure ulcers! Over the 2nd and 3rd of April 2008 the Tissue Viability Society will host its annual conference in Peterborough. This issue of the pressure ulcer newsletter includes the call for abstracts, full programme and a booking form for this important event this Spring. As the Tissue Viability Society moves into its 27th year it is refreshing to see this organisation shaking off problems that beset it over recent years centered upon a cancelled one-day conference in autumn 2006 and issues with the previous publisher of the Journal of Tissue Viability. With the Journal of Tissue Viability now re-launched in partnership with Elsevier Ltd and conferences back on track the future is looking bright for the TVS. At the end of 2007 a new initiative was launched in Wales - the Wales Wounds Network bringing together the wide range of academic, clinical and commercial skills in human wound healing in Wales. With over 80 delegates at its inaugural meeting in October 2007 and an ambitious programme of events over the spring and early summer of 2008 this new venture promises to promote Wales as a major centre for wounds in the United Kingdom. Future issues of this newsletter will bring more news of this initiative. Keep an eye out for the first drafts of the EPUAP and NPUAP pressure ulcer prevention and treatment guidelines - early drafts of both guidelines will be available in the Spring so register as a stakeholder to get first sight of these new document and offer your comments to the guideline developers. Download the call for papers and posters Download the programme and booking form Michael Clark Editor	References Recent publications

Keep reading for: References Download this newsletter in PDF format References This month's pressure ulcer references comes from a new database - OLDMEDLINE listing references from 1950 to 1965. This is an opportunity to see that many of the issues still of interest today - aetiology, local treatment, control of infection for example have been of interest for many years. Anderson, E. M. (1965). "(Deterioration of the Bedfast Patient; Nursing Care.)." Public Health Reports 80: 447-51. Badell-Ribera, A., C. A. Swinyard, et al. (1964). "Spina Bifida with Myelomeningocele: Evaluation of Rehabilitation Potential." Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 45: 343-4. Barrile, N. (1963). "[Granulation of Eschars.]." Dia Medico 35: 1512-4. Blom, P. S. (1964). "[Treatment of Barbiturate Poisoning.]." Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde 108: 2506-10. Bullock, W. E., J. W. Hall, 3rd, et al. (1964). "A Staphylococcal Isolation Service: Epidemiologic and Clinical Studies over One Year." Annals of Internal Medicine 60: 777-89. Calati, A. (1958). "[Remarks on a case of hemorrhage of the popliteal secondary to decubitus ulcer on osseous irregularity in osteomyelitic femur.]." Archivio di Ortopedia 71(4): 405-14. Chabrol, J. (1959). "[Plastic and reparative surgery.]." La Vie Medicale 40(Hors Serie): 135 passim. Comarr, A. E. (1955). "Amyloidosis in paraplegia correlation with decubitus ulcers." California Medicine 82(4): 332-4. Floyd, W. E., Jr. (1959). "Dorsal stands for spica cast." Journal of the Medical Association of Georgia 48(2): 72. Garcia, M. and V. Peruzzini (1960). "[Proteolytic-enzyme and antibiotic therapy of decubitus ulcers in patients with spinal cord injuries.]." Minerva Ortopedica 11: 470-2. Garrett, A. L., J. Perry, et al. (1964). "Traumatic Quadriplegia. Many of These Patients Can Become Self-Sufficient through the Use of Orthotic Devices and by Means of Resistance Exercises." JAMA 187: 7-11. Gernand, K. (1951). "[Therapy of ulcus cruris and decubitus.]." Deutsche Gesundheitspolitik 6(48): 1388-9. Gerrie, J. (1954). "Use of large rotation flaps in the closure of sacral decubiti." Journal of the International College of Surgeons 21(2:1): 137-45. Giacometti, F. (1964). "[Clinical Experimentation of a Preparation for Topical Use Containing an Anabolizing Steroid, Methandrostenolone, in the Treatment of Cutaneous Ulcerations.]." Rassegna di Dermatologia e Sifilografia 17: 41-54. Goodman, J. I. (1955). "The use of a light cradle in the treatment of diabetic ulcers, gangrene and decubitus ulcers." American Journal of Surgery 90(4): 676-9. Gregorie, H. B., Jr., T. B. Stevenson, Jr., et al. (1964). "Preliminary Observations in a Clinical Study of Hematoporphyrin-Derivative Fluorescence in Malignant Neoplasms." American Surgeon 30: 656-63. Hoffmann, V. (1964). "[Operations on Inner Organs in the Aged. Iv. The Operation and the Immediate Fate.]." Medizinische Klinik 59: 651-3. Husain, T. (1953). "An experimental study of some pressure effects on tissues, with reference to the bed-sore problem." Journal of Pathology & Bacteriology 66(2): 347-58. Knapp, M. E. (1964). "Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Multiple Injuries." IMJ - Illinois Medical Journal 126: 33-7. Lawrence, R. R. (1964). "Infection and Healing in Superficial Wounds. A Comparative Clinical Study of Topical Treatment Methods." California Medicine 100: 328-9. Munro, D. (1964). "Management of Patients with Traumatic Paraplegia." New England Journal of Medicine 270: 1167-71. Nyquist, R. H. and E. Bors (1964). "Useful Appliances in Spastic Patients: Following Spinal Cord Injury." Paraplegia 2: 120-4. Orzechowski, G. (1963). "[Directed Control of Anti-Inflammatory Defenses.]." Medizinische Monatsschrift 17: 572-7. Percesepe, E. and F. Claudio (1956). "Not Available." Rassegna Internazionale di Clinica e Terapia 36(9): 265-9. Ravina, A., M. Pestel, et al. (1955). "[Effect of somatotrophic hormone on decubitus eschar and neurotrophic disorders.]." Presse Medicale 63(16): 305-8. Reichert, J. (1958). "Sacral decubitus and proctologic complications." American Journal of Proctology 9(2): 130-56. Rossier, A. and U. Brunner (1964). "[on the Initial Treatment of Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries.]." Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift. Journal Suisse de Medecine 94: 362-70. Scardigli, G. and G. Guidi (1960). "[The anabolic hormones in the treatment of aged subjects.]." Giornale di Gerontologia 8: 1029-33. Thiers, H., L. Olivier, et al. (1957). "[Place of somatotropic hormone in the treatment of leg ulcers & bedsores.]." Lyon Medical 89(42): 365-71. Van Enst, W. (1959). "[Treatment of decubitus ulcer in patients with lesions of the dorsal spine.]." Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde 103(12): 647-50. Wendt, H. (1956). "[Accompanying measures in protracted catheterization therapy in prostatic patients; remarks on 2 bladder perforations/due to decubitus caused by the catheter head.]." Zeitschrift fur Urologie 49(6): 333-6.