US Skin Disease Assessment: Ulcer and Wound Care

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-111

  Markova, Alina ^a   Mostow, Eliot N ^b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic ulcers; Diabetic neuropathic foot ulcers; Pressure ulcers; Venous leg ulcers

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; OXYGEN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GAS GANGRENE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG ULCER; LEG VARICOSIS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

DERMATOLOGY; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SKIN ULCER; UNITED STATES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 82455220838     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: 15580520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2011.08.005     Document Type: Review

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