Current management of acute cutaneous wounds

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1037-1046

  Singer, Adam J ^a   Dagum, Alexander B ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACITRACIN; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; MAFENIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WATER;

ABRASION; ACUTE DISEASE; AMPUTATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BITE; BLISTER; BURN; CAUTERIZATION; CHEMICAL BURN; COLD INJURY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LACERATION; LAVAGE; NAIL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN FLAP; SKIN INJURY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SWINE; TATTOOING; WARMING; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 50949111627     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra0707253     Document Type: Review

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