Infected wound management: Advanced technologies, moisture-retentive dressings, and die-hard methods

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 64-77

  Campton Johnston, Sherry M ^a   Wilson, Joyce A ^b  

^a Total Wound Treatment Center   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial dressings; Bioburden; Colonization; Debridement; Moisture retentive dressings; Wound cultures; Wound infection; Wound VAC

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEBRIDEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034887443     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200108000-00009     Document Type: Review

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