''Ostomy Wound Management'' is a monthly,

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medical journal A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals. History The first ...

covering all aspects of

wound care The history of wound care spans from prehistory to modern medicine. Wounds naturally heal by themselves, but hunter-gatherers would have noticed several factors and certain herbal remedies would speed up or assist the process, especially if it was ...

ostomy In anatomy, a stoma (plural stomata or stomas) is any opening in the body. For example, a mouth, a nose, and an anus are natural stomata. Any hollow organ can be manipulated into an artificial stoma as necessary. This includes the esophagus, stoma ...

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, and skin-related care, as well as nutritional issues. The journal covers research regarding

wounds A wound is a rapid onset of injury that involves lacerated or punctured skin (an ''open'' wound), or a contusion (a ''closed'' wound) from blunt force trauma or compression. In pathology, a ''wound'' is an acute injury that damages the epider ...

, and

nutrition Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life. It provides organisms with nutrients, which can be metabolized to create energy and chemical structures. Failure to obtain sufficient n ...

. It is published by HMP Global (formerly HMP Communications, LLC) and was established in March 1980 as ''Ostomy Management'', obtaining its current title in 1985. It is an official journal of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care. Sponsored columns are provided by manufacturers to showcase the appropriate and successful use of their products.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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, Embase,

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/Clinical Medicine, and

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2013

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of 1.229.

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External links

* {{Official website, http://www.o-wm.com/ Perioperative nursing journals English-language journals Monthly journals Academic journals established in 1980