by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 25, 2020 | Fight the Good Fight, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema
In 1998, when I initiated a lymphedema program within a busy wound center, I had no idea what I was doing. I had been running the Memorial Hermann Wound Center in the Texas Medical Center for eight years by then. Women with post-mastectomy lymphedema began to call...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 24, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
If you missed the live stream Webinar on the use of HBOT for COVID-19, you can watch the recorded session and receive CME credit. See the information from the UHMS. –Caroline Evidence Review for HBO2 Treatment of Covid-19 Webinar now available for CME/CEU Credit...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 20, 2020 | Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema, Uncategorized
For more than two decades I’ve had the opportunity to work with Dr. Eva Sevick and her team at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston on the development of real-time lymphatic imaging. In fact, above is a photo of me many years ago, with one of...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 19, 2020 | The Patient's Voice, Undaunted Spirit Award
If you are struggling with the COVID blues (like me) and need some encouragement, check out the editorial in the July issue of Today’s Wound Clinic. The theme of the issue was amputation prevention, and I asked Morgan McCoy to be the guest editor. Morgan is a...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Fight the Good Fight
The theme of the August issue of Today’s Wound Clinic is “Multidisciplinary Care.” I decided to interview my amazing staff (pictured holding the hospital award for the clinic coming back the strongest since the pandemic, from left to right: Tara Stone, Debi...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 17, 2020 | Fight the Good Fight
I am still exploring the use of transdermal oxygen for certain types of ischemic ulcers. The foot injury depicted in these photos occurred when a training weight fell on a professional athlete’s foot and avulsed the distal ends of the left great, second and third...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 14, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT
Last week, the Senate passed a bill that expands Veteran’s Administration (VA) research into Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT). The bill requires the VA to study and report on the effectiveness of HBOT in partnership with private organizations. Since oxygen is not made...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 13, 2020 | Healthcare Payment Policy
Check out this article I wrote on the development of a wound-specific Quality of Life Questionnaire – and why it failed as a surrogate for wound outcome – posted on the eKare website. Caroline Fife, M.D.Dr. Fife is a world renowned wound care physician dedicated to...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 13, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) and the American College of Hyperbaric Medicine (ACHM) have endorsed an updated position statement on the use of HBO2 for COVID-19 pneumonia (follow this link for the full statement). It’s long statement but worth...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 11, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
The results of a prospective study of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for COVID-19 respiratory distress are available ahead of print in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. Gorenstein and colleagues treated 20 COVID-19 patients with HBOT and used propensity-matched...
