Pilot RCT of two dressing regimens for the management of skin tears

Wounds UK

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 26-31

  Gray, David ^a,b   Stringfellow, Sandra ^a   Cooper, Pam ^a   Russell, Fiona ^a   Johnson, Susan ^c   Leak, Kathy ^c   Ridsdale, Denise ^c   Spruce, Pam ^d   Clark, Michael ^b  

^a NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d TVRE Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Dressing regimens; Elderly care; Fragile skin; Skin tears

Indexed keywords

POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN INJURY; SKIN TEAR; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79961039078     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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