Evolution or revolution? Adapting to complexity in wound management

International Wound Journal

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Harding, Keith ^a,e   Gray, David ^b   Timmons, John ^c   Hurd, Theresa ^d  

^a Wound Healing Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b Grampian Health Services   (United Kingdom)

^c Wounds UK   (United Kingdom)

^d Niagara Regional Community Senior Services   (Canada)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applied wound management; Complex wounds; Evidence base; Fluid handling; HEIDI; Randomised control trials (RCTs); Wound bed preparation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXAMINATION; FOAM DRESSING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

ANKLE INJURIES; BANDAGES; CELLULITIS; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; NECROSIS; POLYURETHANES; PRESSURE ULCER; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34248347770     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2007.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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