Vacuum assisted closure: Recommendations for use - A consensus document

International Wound Journal

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL.4, 2008, Pages

  Apelqvist, Jan ^a   Armstrong, David G ^b   Augustin, Matthias ^c   Baharestani, Mona ^d   Banwell, Paul ^e   Dalla Paola, Luca ^f   Deva, Anand ^g   Ennis, William ^h   Fish, Joel ⁱ   Fleischmann, Wilhelm ^j   Gupta, Subhas ^k   Gustafsson, Ronny ^l   Harding, Keith ^m   Horch, Raymund E ⁿ   Ingemansson, Richard ^l   Jukema, Gerrolt ^o   Mahoney, James ^p   Mouës, Chantal ^q   Price, Patricia ^m   Ágreda, Javier Soldevilla ^r   Song, Colin ^s   Téot, Luc ^t   Trueman, Paul ^u   Vowden, Kathryn ^v   Vowden, Peter ^v   Wild, Thomas ^w   more..

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f Abano Terme Clinic   (Italy)

^g LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^j Ludwigsburg Bietigheim Hospitals   (Germany)

^k LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^m CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^o VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^p ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^q ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^r UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^s SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^t LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^u UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^w MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEX THERAPY RESISTANT ULCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DEHISCED STERNAL WOUND; DIABETIC FOOT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; INFLAMMATORY ULCER; LEG ULCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAUMATIC WOUND; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BENCHMARKING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 48549087239     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2008.00537.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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