Dutch Venous Ulcer guideline update

Phlebology

Volumn 29, Issue S1, 2014, Pages 153-156

  Maessen Visch, M Birgitte ^a   de Roos, Kees Peter ^b  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b DermaPark   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Venous leg ulcer; wound dressings

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CADEXOMER IODINE; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ALLERGY; ANALGESIA; CEAP CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG ULCER; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TIME TO TREATMENT; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS CLINICAL SEVERITY SCORE; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIFESTYLE; NETHERLANDS; SCORING SYSTEM; ULCER HEALING; VARICOSIS; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84900988491     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268355514529693     Document Type: Review

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