Pain and quality of life for patients with venous leg ulcers: Proof of concept of the efficacy of Biatain®-Ibu, a new pain reducing wound dressing

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-239

  Jørgensen, Bo ^a   Friis, Gitte Juel ^b   Gottrup, Finn ^c  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Coloplast A/S ^*  (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEVICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG ULCER; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WELLBEING; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BANDAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33745521263     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2006.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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