Treating chronic and acute wounds with warming: Review of the science and practice implications

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 199-209

  Whitney, JoAnne D ^a   Wickline, Mihkaila M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEALING; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFECTION RATE; NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SURGICAL WOUND; ULCER; WARMING; WOUND; WOUND CARE;

EID: 0041621816     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjw.2003.134     Document Type: Article

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