About Dr. Fife
Dr. Fife is a world-renowned wound care physician. She is the Director of the Wound Care Center at CHI St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital, CMO of Intellicure, Inc., Exec. Director of the US Wound Registry & Editor of Today’s Wound Clinic.
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Lipedema & Lymphedema Patient Round Table Discussions Available on YouTube
The webinars are free to patients and healthcare professionals.
The Fairy Tale is Over
Check out my editorial in Today’s Wound Clinic about the way that things have changed for the outpatient wound center.
The Inspiring Patient Journey of Cameron Ayala
Here’s a good reminder that we encounter heroes every day – from all age groups, races and backgrounds.
Treating the Patient and Not the Wound
Check out this article by Efthymios Gkotsoulias, David Kuten and me, published in the April issue of Today’s Wound Clinic entitled, “Multidisciplinary Teams, All the Time: Treat the Patient and Not the Wound.”
Reminder: Register For Free Lymphedema Webinar June 24th, 2021 @ 12PM CST
Even if you can’t attend live, be sure to register so we can provide you with the recorded link afterward!
Vascular Screening Basics: TcPO2 vs. SPP
Best Publishing has kindly granted me permission to reproduce an article on Vascular Screening which I wrote for that magazine in 2010.
Don’t Miss This – It’s Not A Pressure Injury, It’s Pyoderma Gangrenosum
This patient has a serious neurological condition and was hospitalized for pneumonia.
UHMS Annual Scientific Meeting Saturday, June 12: Plenaries
The UHMS Annual Scientific Meeting is coming up. Registration details inside.
Starving In Plain Sight
I can’t decide if I am seeing more truly starving patients since I started focusing on nutrition or if I’m just more sensitive to it.
Medicare Disadvantage Strikes Again – No Skilled Home Health Services?
Home health services have been abused in the Medicare Fee for Service program, but NOT providing them is not the answer.
ACHM May Webinar: Hyperbaric Grand Rounds – Regulatory Updates in Hyperbaric Medicine
Zoom info inside!
Don’t Miss This: Chemotherapy Induced Chronic Ulcer
This chronic ulcer was caused by extravasation of his chemotherapy agent into the tissues adjacent to the port.
Axillary Web Syndrome Revealed
Axillary web syndrome (AWS), also known as cording, can occur as side effect of breast cancer surgery – usually when surgery has been performed on the lymph nodes of the axilla (armpit).
Don’t Miss This: Wounds as a Symptom of Marfan’s Syndrome and a Nerve Root Compression
What are these wounds a symptom of? Marfan’s Syndrome, one of the genetic collagen deposition disorders.
With Juven, It Wasn’t Palliative Care
This patient was dying of a degenerative disease and his calorie intake was insufficient.
The Edema “Drip Calculator”- Try This Yourself!
I’ve posted a series of videos that show the rate at which lymphatic fluid will drip out of even very small wounds.
Why I Can’t Be a Wound Care Doctor Without SPP & Nutritional Supplementation
All I did was some gentle compression and nutritional supplementation, and it changed his life in a way that these photos can’t depict.
Free Range Maggots in a Tendon
When I opened up the bloated end of this tendon, I found the motherlode of maggots.
Is the Tendon Involved?
Wounds often form over tendons (particularly the Achilles and the lateral ankle). It’s important to ask the patient to move whatever the tendon might attach to – to see if the wound “moves” with the tendon. For example, if the wound is over the Achilles, ask the...
Check Out My Article on the Hyperbaric Aware Site!
Check out my blog on the Ethics of Off-Label Use of HBOT on the Hyperbaric Aware campaign site!
Here, Have Some Rice (Bodies)
My initial reaction was, “What the heck is THAT? I don’t want to be the Sigourney Weaver of wound care!”
Virtually Disappointing Wound Management
Some of those interventions can’t be done virtually.
Maggot Therapy to Debride Vasculitic Ulcers
The great thing about these tiny surgeons is that they only remove the dead tissue, and they are happy to work all night.
Malnutrition Presenting as a Chronic Ulcer
As best I can tell, this ulcer occurred simply because his nutrition was so bad, his tissue just fell apart after minor trauma.
Another Manic Monday – In My Heart Failure Clinic (I Mean, Wound Clinic)
I wish it was Sunday… that’s my fun day…
Pressure Injuries Out Loud: An Interview with Drs. Yap and Alderden Talk About Turning, Angiosomes and the Hemodynamics That Likely Determine Severe Pressure Injuries
Check out this podcast interview with Drs. Tracey Yap and Jenny Alderden discussing their recent research on the frequency of repositioning for nursing home patients and the relationship of pressure injuries (PI) to angiosomes.
I Just Ate a Band-Aid… and it Was Delicious!
We just celebrated another healed wound, and the team was presented with these special treats from GiGi’s Goodies in Spring, Texas.
