Outcomes in Cochrane systematic reviews related to wound care: An investigation into prespecification

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 292-308

  Liu, Zhenmi ^a   Saldanha, Ian J ^b   Margolis, David ^c   Dumville, Jo C ^a   Cullum, Nicky A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BURN; CHRONIC WOUND; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DECUBITUS; FOOT ULCER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WOUND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND CARE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; CONSENSUS; LITERATURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELECTION BIAS; STANDARDS;

CONSENSUS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 85019253451     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wrr.12519     Document Type: Article

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