Current management of wound healing

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-228

  Gottrup, F ^a   Karlsmark, T ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical protocols; Ulcer; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; EMLA; ETANERCEPT; IBUPROFEN; INFLIXIMAB; IODINE; METHOTREXATE; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); SILVER CHLORIDE; SILVER NITRATE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BIOFILM; BURN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE THERAPY; HONEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL ULCER; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WOUND; ULCER; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 68849103802     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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