Review: Little evidence exists for type of dressing or support surface or for nutritional supplements for pressure ulcers - Commentary

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Ernst, Amy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALGINATE; COLLAGEN; DEXTRANOMER; LANOLIN; OXYQUINOLONE; PETROLATUM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECUBITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EMBASE; FLUIDIZED BED; FOAM; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NOTE; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VACCUM THERAPY; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 67651108571     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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