Does vitamin C supplementation promote pressure ulcer healing?

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 245-249

  Gray, Mikel ^a   Whitney, JoAnne D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CARNITINE; COLLAGEN FIBER; COPPER; DOPAMINE; FERROUS ION; IRON; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; NORADRENALIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PLACEBO; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; SCAVENGER;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; COPPER METABOLISM; DIARRHEA; DIET; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IRON METABOLISM; LACTATION; LEUKOCYTE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; NAUSEA; NORMAL VALUE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCURVY; SKIN ULCER; SMOKING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; ULCER HEALING; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UROLITHIASIS; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

ASCORBIC ACID; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE ULCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0141887407     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjw.2003.140     Document Type: Article

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