Pressure ulcers and other chronic wounds in patients with and patients without cancer: A retrospective, comparative analysis of healing patterns

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 70-78

  McNees, Patrick ^a   Meneses, Karen Dow ^b  

^a Applied Health Science Inc   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Chronic wounds; CuSum; Retrospective; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34047118804     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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