Treatment of pressure ulcers with noncontact normothermic wound therapy: Healing and warming effects

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 244-252

  Whitney, JoAnne D ^a   Salvadalena, Ginger ^b   Higa, Lori ^a   Mich, Melinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOUND HEALING;

BANDAGES; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035462875     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjw.2001.117564     Document Type: Article

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