Prospective clinical study of a new adhesive gelling foam dressing in pressure ulcers

International Wound Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-67

  Parish, Lawrence Charles ^a,e   Dryjski, Maciej ^b,c   Cadden, Sue ^d  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c MILLARD FILLMORE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Sacred Heart Health   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exudate; Gelling foam; Healing; Pressure ulcer; Wound dressing

Indexed keywords

GELFOAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECUBITUS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; ULCER HEALING; UNITED STATES; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DRESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES, HYDROCOLLOID; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GELS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYURETHANES; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 40749084399     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2007.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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