Update on pressure ulcer management and deep tissue injury

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-332

  Mao, Cindy L ^a,b   Rivet, Amanda J ^a,c   Sidora, Tara ^a,d   Pasko, Mary T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^c ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d Walgreens Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Deep tissue injury; Pressure ulcer

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; BECAPLERMIN; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; COLLAGEN; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GELATIN; GROWTH FACTOR; HYALURONIC ACID; METRONIDAZOLE; MINERAL; NEOMYCIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PECTIN; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; POLYMYXIN B; PROTEIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; SILVER; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYMOSIN BETA4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VITAMIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BURN; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CREAM; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DEEP TISSUE INJURY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; EPITHELIZATION; ERYTHEMA; EXUDATE; FEVER; FIBROBLAST; FOAM DRESSING; GAUZE DRESSING; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ISCHEMIA; LEG ULCER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; MALNUTRITION; MEDLINE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEUTROPHIL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AGED; ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PHENYTOIN; PRESSURE ULCER; SILVER COMPOUNDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 76149099568     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1M315     Document Type: Review

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