Intermittent pneumatic compression: Physiologic and clinical basis to improve management of venous leg ulcers

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1121-1129

  Comerota, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a TOLEDO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; OXYGEN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTERY PERFUSION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; COMPRESSION GARMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EDEMA; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LEG ULCER; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ULCER HEALING; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VENOUS STASIS; WOUND CARE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; LEG ULCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79953023567     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.08.059     Document Type: Review

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