Treating difficult-to-debride wounds using a manuka honey dressing: A case study evaluation

Wounds UK

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 104-109

  Callaghan, Rosie ^a  

^a WORCESTERSHIRE HEALTH AND CARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Debridement; Manuka honey dressing; Necrosis; Slough

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLOSTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; EPITHELIZATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FILM; FOAM DRESSING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEEL ULCER; HONEY; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID DRESSING; HYDROGEL DRESSING; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE RESECTION; MANUKA HONEY; PAIN; SURGICAL WOUND; TISSUE NECROSIS; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND FLUID; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84940290817     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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