Vitamin E: Patterns of understanding, use, and prescription by health professionals and students at a university teaching hospital

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 248-252

  Curran, John N ^a   Crealey, Miranda ^a   Sadadcharam, Gaitri ^a   Fitzpatrick, Gareth ^a   O'Donnell, Margaret ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; DRUG USE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCAR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; IRELAND; PHYSICIAN;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CICATRIX; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IRELAND; NURSES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VITAMIN E;

EID: 33746781815     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000221306.86450.c5     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Evans, H., and Scott Bishop, K. On the existence of a hitherto unrecognised dietary factor essential for reproduction. Science 56: 650, 1922.
2. Evans H., Emerson, O. H., and Emerson, G. A. The isolation from wheat-germ oil of an alcohol, α-tocopherol, having the properties of vitamin E. J. Biol. Chem. 113: 319, 1936.
3. Nachbar, F., and Korting, H. The role of vitamin E in normal and damaged skin. J. Mol. Med. 73: 7, 1995.
4. Havlik, R. J. Vitamin E and wound healing. Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation DATA Committee. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 100: 1901, 1997.
5. Martin, A. The use of antioxidants in healing. Dermatol. Surg. 22: 156, 1996.
6. Lee, M. An investigation into the value of d,1-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E) in the treatment of gravitational ulcers. Br. J. Dermatol. 65: 131, 1953.
7. Kamimura, M. Antiinflammatory activity of vitamin E. J. Vitaminol. (Kyoto) 18: 204, 1972.
8. Heinsen, H. A., and Scheffler, H. [Vitamin E and peripheral circulatory disturbances.] Med. Klin. (Munich) 46: 909, 1951.
9. Kim, J. E., and Shklar, G. The effect of vitamin E on the healing of gingival wounds in rats. J. Periodontol. 54: 305, 1983.
10. Kagoma, P., Burger, S. N., Seifter, E., Levenson, S. M., and Demetriou, A. A. The effect of vitamin E on experimentally induced peritoneal adhesions in mice. Arch. Surg. 120: 949, 1985.
11. Caffee, H. H. Vitamin E and capsule contracture. Ann. Plast. Surg. 19: 512, 1987.
12. Tanaka, H., Okada, T., Konishi, H., and Tsuji, T. The effect of reactive oxygen species on the biosynthesis of collagen and glycosaminoglycans in cultured human dermal fibroblasts. Arch. Dermatol. Res. 185: 352, 1993.
13. MacFarlane, R., and Albion, U. Dupuytren's Disease, 2nd Ed. St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby, 1984.
14. Klain, G. Dermal penetration and systemic distribution of 14C-labelled vitamin E in human skin grafted athymic nude mice. Int. J. Vitam. Nutr. Res. 59: 333, 1989.
15. Pehr, K., and Forsey, R. Why don't we use vitamin E in dermatology? C.M.A.J. 149: 1247, 1993.
16. Greenwald, D. P., Sharzer, L. A., Padawer, J., Levenson, S. M., and Seifter, E. Zone II flexor tendon repair: Effects of vitamins A, E, beta-carotene. J. Surg. Res. 49: 98, 1990.
17. Baumann, L., and Spencer, J. The effects of topical vitamin E on the cosmetic appearance of scars. Dermatol. Surg. 25: 311, 1999.
18. Jenkins, M., Alexander, J., MacMillan, B., Waymack, J., and Kopcha, R. Failure of topical steroids and vitamin E to reduce post operative scar formation following reconstructive surgery. J. Burn Care Rehabil. 7: 309, 1986.
19. Hunter, D., and Frumkin, A. Adverse reactions to Vitamin E and aloe vera preparations after dermabrasion and chemical peel. Cutis 47: 193, 1991.
20. de Groot, A. C., Berretty, P. J., van Ginkel C. J., den Hengst C. W., van Ulsen J., and Weyland, J. W. Allergic contact dermatitis from tocopheryl acetate in cosmetic creams. Contact Dermatitis 25: 302, 1991.
21. Fisher, A. A. Three faces of vitamin E topical allergy. Cutis 48: 272, 1991.
22. Perrenoud, D., Homberger, H., Auderset, P., et al. An epidemic outbreak of papular and follicular contact dermatitis to tocopheryl linoleate in cosmetics. Swiss Contact Dermatitis Group. Dermatology 189: 225, 1994.
23. Widgerow, A., Chait, L., Stals, R., and Stals, P. New innovations in scar management. Aesthetic Plast. Surg. 24: 227, 2000.
24. Chang, C., and Ries, W. Nonoperative techniques for scar management and revision. Facial Plast. Surg. 17: 283, 2001.