VenUS III: A randomised controlled trial of therapeutic ultrasound in the management of venous leg ulcers

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Watson, J M ^a   Kang'ombe, A R ^a   Soares, M O ^a   Chuang, L H ^a   Worthy, G ^b   Bland, J M ^c   Iglesias, C ^a   Cullum, N ^a   Torgerson, D ^a   Nelson, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IRELAND; LEG ULCER; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 12; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEMONITORING; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ULCER HEALING; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79953150572     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta15130     Document Type: Article

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