Diagnosis and Management of Pressure Ulcers

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 735-748

  Levi, Benjamin ^a   Rees, Riley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BECAPLERMIN;

DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR FLOW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VASCULAR DISEASE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ANGIOGENESIS INDUCING AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PRESSURE ULCER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 35448974516     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2007.07.007     Document Type: Review

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