Healing pressure ulcers with collagen or hydrocolloid: A randomized, controlled trial

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-154

  Graumlich, James F ^a   Blough, Linda S ^a   McLaughlin, Richard G ^a   Milbrandt, Joseph C ^a,c   Calderon, Cesar L ^b   Agha, Syed Abbas ^a   William Scheibel, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c OSF SAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Colloids; Decubitus ulcer; Geriatrics; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; DUODERM; MEDIFIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; OSTEOMYELITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLLAGEN; COLLOIDS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE ULCER; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0037318888     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51051.x     Document Type: Article

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