A systematic review of silver-releasing dressings in the management of infected chronic wounds

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1973-1985

  Lo, Shu Fen ^a,b   Hayter, Mark ^c   Chang, Chee Jen ^d   Hu, Wen Yu ^b   Lee, Ling Ling ^a  

^a TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Infection; Nurses; Nursing; Silver; Systematic review; Wound care

Indexed keywords

SILVER DERIVATIVE;

BANDAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXUDATE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; ODOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SKIN CARE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

BANDAGES; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; ODORS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 47349117778     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02264.x     Document Type: Review

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