Standards of care for venous leg ulcers: Compression therapy and moist wound healing

Journal of Vascular Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-27

  Rudolph, Dianne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDAGE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VARICOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

BANDAGES; BRACHIAL ARTERY; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035286311     PISSN: 10620303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mvn.2001.113987     Document Type: Article

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