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Karen A. Weems, AGPC-NP

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Specializes in: Geriatrics (Elderly Care)

Professional interests include: hypertension (high blood pressure), wounds, diabetes, and more.

1101 Maine Street
Quincy, IL 62301

(217) 222-6550

Karen A. Weems, AGPC-NP is in Quincy, IL specializing in geriatrics (elderly care). Karen A. Weems, AGPC-NP is affiliated with Quincy Medical Group and QUINCY PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS CLINIC, PLLC.

Office Locations

Address:

1101 Maine Street
Quincy, IL 62301

Address:

1025 Maine Street Third Floor
Quincy, IL 62301

Some issues Karen A. Weems, AGPC-NP can help you with:

Debridement (Removal of Unhealthy Tissue)

Debridement is a procedure that removes damaged skin to help the body heal a chronic wound, acute injury, or burn. Several layers of skin surrounding a chronic wound can include foreign debris, dead (necrotic) tissue, infected tissue, and calloused (hyperkeratotic) skin. If left untreated, these damaged skin layers can spread infection to other parts of the body and may aggravate the wound and delay its healing.

Debriding (removing) this damaged and diseased skin encourages the growth of healthy new tissue, impeding infection by triggering the body's natural cycle of tissue renewal. For this reason, debridement functions both as a wound treatment and as a preventative measure against more complex consequences of infected skin, such as sepsis and amputation. In some circumstances, debridement provides additional aesthetic benefits such as decreased scarring. Debridement also permits doctors to retrieve tissue samples for testing, such as to determine whether patients need antibiotic treatment.

Wounds that frequently require debridement include:

Nonhealing diabetic ulcers
Chronic wounds
Severe burns
Contaminated wounds

Debridement can be performed either surgically or nonsurgically; some methods are less invasive than others. Doctors select the appropriate debridement technique by considering the location, cause, and size of a patient's wound and may also weigh the patient's overall wellbeing, age, and risk of infection.

Surgical debridement is performed by cutting away dead, infected, and hyperkeratotic skin with a surgical scalpel. For deep wounds that tear away the skin and go into the muscle, skin from another region of a patient's body may be grafted onto the wound, which may then be periodically assessed and rebandaged until fully healed.

Non-surgical debridement is achieved with water or a dissolvent gel. Water softens the damaged skin and affected tissue, allowing doctors to remove it with wet-to-dry dressing. When wet tissue dries, it adheres to the dry dressing or bandage and comes off when the dressing is pulled away. In contrast, dissolvent gel deconstructs tissue, which can be cleaned off of the wound. Nonsurgical debridement is less invasive than surgical techniques; however, it can entail repeat treatments, slowing wound recovery.

While the prospect of stripping away skin may seem jarring, debridement can be critical to the treatment and healing of wounds which cannot not heal independently.

doctor visit	191
hospital care	48
inpatient care	48
nursing home care	30

**Gender**
Male	142
Female	186

**Age**
From 65 to 74	144
From 75 to 84	96
85 and over	54
Less than 65	34

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	44
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	51
Asthma	27
Osteoperosis	15
Atrial Fibrilation	21
Heart Failure	28
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	35
Diabetes	35
Dementia	10
Cancer	55

doctor visit	439
hospital care	260
inpatient care	260
nursing home care	73

**Gender**
Male	150
Female	176

**Age**
From 65 to 74	143
From 75 to 84	96
85 and over	46
Less than 65	41

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	47
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	50
Asthma	38
Osteoperosis	14
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	24
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	38
Diabetes	35
Dementia	9
Cancer	56

doctor visit	228
hospital care	339
inpatient care	339
nursing home care	116

**Gender**
Male	137
Female	161

**Age**
From 65 to 74	117
From 75 to 84	102
85 and over	42
Less than 65	37

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	52
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	59
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	14
Atrial Fibrilation	22
Heart Failure	32
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	41
Diabetes	40
Dementia	12
Cancer	55

**Gender**
Male	30
Female	38

**Age**
From 65 to 74	33
From 75 to 84	15
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	51
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	56
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	34
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	40
Diabetes	44
Dementia	0
Cancer	50

**Gender**
Male	12
Female	13

**Age**
From 65 to 74	13
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	44
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	64
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	48
Diabetes	52
Dementia	0
Cancer	56

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2015 - 2019

Volume of procedures performed by Karen A. Weems, AGPC-NP for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Karen A. Weems, AGPC-NP treated as in Quincy, IL were hospital care, inpatient care, nursing home care and chemotherapy.

biological response modifier (BRM) therapy	27
chemotherapy	27
doctor visit	286
hospital care	167
inpatient care	167
minimally invasive procedures	27
nursing home care	73

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2015 - 2019

Information about Medicare patients treated by Karen A. Weems, AGPC-NP.

**Gender**
Female	57
Male	47

**Age**
85 and over	14
75 to 84	30
Less than 65	11
65 to 74	45

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Karen A. Weems, AGPC-NP From 2015 - 2019

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Karen A. Weems, AGPC-NP treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease and cancer.

Hypertension	36
High Cholesterol	31
Stroke	2
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	13
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	7
Osteoporosis	4
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	20
Atrial Fibrillation	7
Cancer	27
Dementia	3

Education & Training

She is certified by the Board Certification: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse Practitioner and has a state license in Illinois.

Board Certification: Board Certification: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse Practitioner

Licensed In: Illinois

Affiliations & Hospitals

Karen A. Weems, AGPC-NP is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Quincy Medical Group

QUINCY PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS CLINIC, PLLC

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Karen A. Weems, AGPC-NP. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC	$18 TIBSOVO $18

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$18

Biography

Ms. Karen Weems specializes in geriatrics (elderly care) and practices in Quincy, IL. Areas of expertise for Ms. Weems include diabetes, osteoporosis, and nursing home care. Ms. Weems is affiliated with Quincy Medical Group. According to Doctor.com, she is currently accepting new patients at her office in Quincy, IL.