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The ileoanal reservoir: an alternative to ileostomy.

Beitz JM.

The ileoanal reservoir, or ileal pouch-anal anastomosis, is a relatively new, innovative surgical approach offering normal sphincter preservation to clients with familial adenomatous polyposis and ulcerative colitis. In most patients, the ileal pouch-anal anastomosis is performed in two stages. In stage one, the ET nurse must address such patient-education issues as an understanding of the surgical procedure, care of the temporary ileostomy, diet and electrolyte balance, care of the perirectal skin, and the restrengthening of bowel control. Stage two ET nursing interventions focus on perianal skin care, use of medications, sphincter reeducation, and prompt recognition of complications. Written instructions offer the best method of providing crucial information succinctly. Patients require significant physical and emotional support throughout the potentially complex, long-term course until an optimal steady state is achieved.

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[Skin care and transcutaneous monitoring in neonatal intensive care unit]

[Article in French]

Aube N, Delaitre C, Jarreau PH.

Service de Medecine Neonatale de Port-Royal, Centre Hospitalier Cochin-Saint-Vincent-de-Paul-La Roche-Guyon, 123, boulevard de Port-Royal, 75014 Paris.

Newborn skin, particularly in preterm infants, is exposed to iatrogenic complications resulting from lesions provoked by diagnosis and therapeutic devices. This paper reviews some principles of skin care in neonatal intensive care units and focuses on iatrogenic lesions and the proposed methods to prevent them.

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When industry courts your clinical research skills, should you collaborate?

Loos FD, Shortridge HA, Adaskin EJ, Rock BL.

Hospital/industry collaboration is as yet rare in Canadian nursing research. Dupont Canada Inc. invited this research team to become one of four sites taking part in a study of decubitus ulcers in intensive care unit patients. The project was regarded as an opportunity to study an important nursing problem. Collaboration involved a multicenter meeting to plan the research with personnel from the four sites and data collection on the incidence of pressure sores in intensive care unit patients. Industry contributed funding for the project, work on the overall research design, coordination of the sites, and data analysis. The hospitals contributed clinical knowledge, access to the patients, and skilled nurses to collect skin care data. The authors have gained from the collaboration, as has industry. In this article, we review the process, problems, and benefits of collaboration with industry and provide recommendations for nurses getting involved in hospital/industry collaborative research.

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Wound and skin team. Impact on pressure ulcer prevalence in chronic care.

McNaughton V, Brazil K.

1. Decreasing the prevalence of pressure ulcers in a chronic care hospital presents a challenge to care providers. 2. The promotion of staff nurses as educational resources has a positive effect on their participation in a wound and skin care team. 3. When basic prevention practices are not in place, risk factors are less useful indicators to predict the development of pressure ulcers. 4. Educating nurses about pressure ulcer etiology, prevention strategies, and treatments has a positive impact on reducing the number of patients who develop pressure ulcers and the number of pressure ulcers that develop on patients in a chronic care hospital.

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Actinic damage and skin cancer in albinos in northern Tanzania: findings in 164 patients enrolled in an outreach skin care program.

Lookingbill DP, Lookingbill GL, Leppard B.

Department of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 17033.

Persons with albinism are particularly vulnerable to the deleterious effects of UV light on their skin. We obtained histories and performed skin examinations on 164 albino patients living in equatorial Africa to determine their sun exposure, sun protection, and sun damage. Many patients did not wear hats and most wore short-sleeved shirts. Except for four infants, all patients had sunburned skin. Actinic cheilitis, actinic keratoses, and skin cancers were detected in many patients. Sun protection methods will be important for prevention of skin damage in albino patients.

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Management of hand dermatitis.

Woolner D, Soltani K.

University of Chicago, IL 60637.

Ill-defined endogenous factors are important in many cases of hand dermatitis; however, these factors are difficult to identify, and, ultimately, there is little the physician can do to alter a patient's constitution. Because of this, therapy of hand dermatitis focuses on identifying exogenous factors and avoiding these where possible. Steroids are invaluable, but gentle skin care remains the basis of treating hand dermatitis. Recalcitrant hand dermatitis, especially potential occupational cases, requires the involvement of a dermatologist.

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Occupational exposure to isothiazolinones. A study based on a product register.

Nielsen H.

Product Register Department, National Institute of Occupational Health, Denmark.

A national data base on chemical products (the Danish Product Register (PROBAS)) was searched in order to survey occupational exposure to isothiazolinones. 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one/2-methyl-4-isothiazolin+ ++-3-one(MCI/MI) was registered in 550 products, 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one(BIT) in 156 products and 2-n-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one in 16 products. For the MCI/MI-containing products, of which 343 had information on concentration, 64% of the products contained above or equal to 0.001% (10 ppm) MCI/MI. Main product categories were paints, hair shampoos, skin care products, and cleaning agents. For BIT-containing products, of which 139 had information on concentration, 54% of the products contained above or equal to 0.01% (100 ppm) BIT. Main product categories were cleaning agents, polishes, and paints. Only a few products were registered with content of 2-n-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and these were not studied further. The dermatological literature has often focused on isothiazolinones in cosmetics as the source of allergy. The present study showed that attention should also be paid to occupational exposure, as isothiazolinones occur in many industrial product categories.

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