Treatment of pressure ulcers: A systematic review

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2647-2662

  Reddy, Madhuri ^a,f   Gill, Sudeep S ^b   Kalkar, Sunila R ^c   Wu, Wei ^c   Anderson, Peter J ^c   Rochon, Paula A ^c,d,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CADEXOMER IODINE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; COLLAGENASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INSULIN; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; PLASMIN; POVIDONE IODINE; RECOMBINANT PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; RETINOL; SILICONE; STREPTODORNASE; STREPTOKINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

BED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; HYDROGEL; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; ULCER HEALING; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 57449091502     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.778     Document Type: Review

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