Topical phenytoin treatment of stage II decubitus ulcers in the elderly

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 675-681

  Rhodes, Richard S ^a   Heyneman, Catherine A ^a   Culbertson, Vaughn L ^a   Wilson, Susan E ^b   Phatak, Hemant M ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Idaho State Veterans Home   (United States)

Author keywords

Decubitus ulcers; Topical phenytoin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DUODERM; PHENYTOIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL TREATMENT; ULCER HEALING; WOUND DRESSING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYTOIN; PRESSURE ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034995803     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.10267     Document Type: Article

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