Point prevalence of complex wounds in a defined United Kingdom population

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 694-700

  Hall, Jill ^a,d   Buckley, Hannah L ^a   Lamb, Karen A ^a   Stubbs, Nikki ^a   Saramago, Pedro ^b   Dumville, Jo C ^c   Cullum, Nicky A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COMPLEX WOUND; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; ETHNIC GROUP; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PILONIDAL SINUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; GREAT BRITAIN; LENGTH OF STAY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84913617622     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wrr.12230     Document Type: Article

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