Ulcer healing time and antibiotic treatment before and after the introduction of the Registry of Ulcer Treatment: An improvement project in a national quality registry in Sweden

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Öien, Rut F ^a   Forssell, Henrik W ^a  

^a Blekinge Centre of Competence   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEG ULCER; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRY OF ULCER TREATMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ULCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVOR; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; VASCULITIS; WEB BROWSER; WOUND CARE;

EID: 84885366519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003091     Document Type: Article

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