Intermittent pneumatic compression therapy: A systematic review

Lymphology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-25

  Feldman, Joseph L ^a   Stout, N L ^b   Wanchai, A ^c   Stewart, B R ^c   Cormier, J N ^d   Armer, J M ^c  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^b Walter Reed Military Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermittent pneumatic compression; Lymphedema; Pneumatic compression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FLUID TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION THERAPY; LYMPHEDEMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN IRRITATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864107428     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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