Bandage pressure measurement and training: Simple interventions to improve efficacy in compression bandaging

International Wound Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 324-330

  Keller, Anita ^a   Müller, Marcel L ^a   Calow, Trevis ^a   Kern, Ingrid K ^a   Schumann, Hauke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bandages; Compression; Pressure monitor; Varicose ulcer; Working pressure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; STANDING; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WORK CAPACITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MANOMETRY; NURSING CARE; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; SELF CONCEPT; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION;

EID: 73349116552     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2009.00621.x     Document Type: Article

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