Monochromatic phototherapy: Effective treatment for grade II chronic pressure ulcers in elderly patients

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 478-483

  Dehlin, Ove ^a   Elmståhl, Sölve ^a   Gottrup, Finn ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Phototherapy; Pressure ulcer; Therapy; Wound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDEMA; EYE DISEASE; FALLING; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MONOCHROMATIC PHOTOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PAIN; PHOTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; TUMOR; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38549160206     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03324734     Document Type: Article

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