A prospective, open-label study to assess the clinical performance of a foam dressing in the management of chronic wounds

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 34-44

  Zoellner, Petra ^b   Kapp, Holger ^a   Smola, Hans ^b  

^a Paul Hartmann AG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANDAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXUDATE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN CARE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANDAGES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYURETHANES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745765944     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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