Oxygen tension assessment: An overlooked tool for prediction of delayed healing in a clinical setting

International Wound Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 437-445

  Ogrin, Rajna ^a,b   Woodward, Michael ^a   Sussman, Geoff ^a   Khalil, Zeinab ^a,c  

^a HEIDELBERG REPATRIATION HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Oceania University of Medicine Samoa   (Samoa)

Author keywords

Assessment; Oxygen tension; Prognostic indicator; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; OXYGEN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 80052833030     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2011.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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