Oxygen and wound care: A review of current therapeutic modalities and future direction

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 503-511

  Howard, Michael A ^a   Asmis, Reto ^c   Evans, Karen Kim ^d   Mustoe, Thomas A ^b  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; BAROTRAUMA; BONE NECROSIS; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CELL METABOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CRUSH TRAUMA; CYANIDE POISONING; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIABETIC FOOT; EAR DISEASE; EPITHELIZATION; GAS EMBOLISM; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LUNG EDEMA; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGENATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PERIPHERAL ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION NECROSIS; RETINA INJURY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; ULCER; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; OXYGEN; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84879782119     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wrr.12069     Document Type: Review

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