Split-thickness skin graft donor site care: A quantitative synthesis of the research

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 174-182

  Rakel, Barbara A ^a   Bermel, Margaret A ^a   Abbott, Linda I ^a   Baumler, Sharon K ^a   Burger, Maureen Reidy ^a   Dawson, Cindy J ^a   Heinle, Jacqueline A ^a   Ocheltree, Isabelle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDAGE; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; SKIN CARE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STANDARD; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

BANDAGES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN CARE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032196934     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0897-1897(98)80296-6     Document Type: Article

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