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Mehtab Ahmad

Vascular Surgeon, Department of Vascular Surgery, Liverpool Hospital, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Australia

Considerations in wound care of patients living with dementia

While older people are generally at a higher risk of sustaining wounds, the Alzheimer's Society (2016) has identified further impediments to wound healing experienced by PLWD. These include:.

Get the recognition you and your team deserve: enter the BJN Awards

Time to fish out and dust down your glad rags, strike up the band, roll out the red carpet and prepare to walk down it: the annual BJN Awards for 2023 are (almost) upon us!

The role of nutrition in wound healing: an overview

As defined by the British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN), malnutrition is a state where there is an imbalance (either deficiency or excess) of energy, protein and other...

The management of malignant lower limb ulcers: clinical considerations

The wide variation in malignant ulcers adds to the complexity of establishing a clinical diagnosis. As such, a methodological approach to skin ulcers can provide clues suggestive of a malignant...

Evidence-based research is key to challenging and improving practice

Evidence-based practice (EBP) incorporates placing research evidence, clinical expertise and patient needs into the context of modern-day healthcare practice and it remains a cornerstone on which we...

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