Can venous and arterial leg ulcers be differentiated by the characteristics of the pain they produce?

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 637-645

  Closs, S José ^a   Nelson, E Andrea ^a   Briggs, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial; Leg ulcer; McGill pain questionnaire; Older people; Pain; Venous

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VEINS;

EID: 39049159752     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02034.x     Document Type: Article

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