Acoustic pressure wound therapy for management of mixed partial- and full-thickness burns in a rural wound center

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 56-59

  Samies, John ^a   Gehling, Marie ^a  

^a Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCAR; SKIN CARE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SKIN CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 45949093165     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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