The safety of negative pressure wound therapy using vacuum-assisted closure in diabetic foot ulcers treated in the outpatient setting

International Wound Journal

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 17-22

  Fife, Caroline E ^a,d   Walker, David ^b   Thomson, Brett ^b   Otto, Gordon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INTELLICURE INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^d MSB 5020 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Chronic wounds; Negative pressure wound therapy; Safety; The V.A.C.

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; DIABETIC FOOT; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 44949248509     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2008.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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