The silver-releasing foam dressing, Contreet Foam, promotes faster healing of critically colonised venous leg ulcers: A randomised, controlled trial

International Wound Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-43

  Jørgensen, Bo ^a   Price, Patricia ^b   Andersen, Klaus E ^c   Gottrup, Finn ^c   Bech Thomsen, Niels ^d   Scanlon, Elizabeth ^e   Kirsner, Robert ^f   Rheinen, Henriette ^g   Roed Petersen, Jytte ^h   Romanelli, Marco ⁱ   Jemec, Gregor ^j   Leaper, David J ^k   Neumann, Martino Ha ^l   Veraart, Joep ^m   Coerper, Stefan ⁿ   Agerslev, Rikke H ^o   Bendz, Susanne H ^o   Larsen, Jan R ^o   Sibbald, R Gary ^p  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Hudklinikken   (Denmark)

^e LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^h GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^j ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^l ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^m MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^o Coloplast A/S ^*  (Denmark)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Bacteria; Critical colonisation; Delayed healing; Randomised clinical trial; Silver dressing; Venous leg ulcers

Indexed keywords

SILVER;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOAM DRESSING; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ODOR; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN ULCER; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 28244465666     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4801.2005.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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