Calciphylaxis: A favorable outcome with hyperbaric oxygen

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-120

  Dean, Steven M ^a,c   Werman, Howard ^b  

^a Grant Hospital   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Vascular Services of Ohio Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Calciphylaxis; Hyperbaric oxygen; Ulcerations

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG ULCER; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031725811     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358836x9800300205     Document Type: Article

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