Negative pressure wound therapy in acute, contaminated wounds: Documenting its safety and efficacy to support current global practice

International Wound Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-43

  Shweiki, Ehyal ^a   Gallagher, Kathy E ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminated; Negative pressure wound therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE NECROSIS; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; SAFETY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84872606065     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.00940.x     Document Type: Article

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