Prevalence of lymphoedema and quality of life among patients attending a hospital-based wound management and vascular clinic

International Wound Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-125

  Gethin, Georgina ^a   Byrne, Danielle ^b   Tierney, Sean ^a   Strapp, Helen ^c   Cowman, Seamus ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Lymphoedema; Non cancer; Prevalence; Quality of life; Wound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CELLULITIS; COMORBIDITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEG ULCER; LIMB SWELLING; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN INJURY; WOUND CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84858292946     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2011.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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