Prostanoids for critical limb ischaemia

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Vietto, Valeria ^a,b   Franco, Juan V A ^b   Saenz, Victoria ^c   Cytryn, Denise ^a   Chas, Jose ^a   Ciapponi, Agustín ^d  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Universitario del Hospital Italiano   (Argentina)

^c Hospital Frances   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPROSTADIL ALFADEX; ANALGESIC AGENT; BERAPROST; CILOSTAZOL; CIPROSTENE; ECRAPROST; ILOPROST; ISOCARBACYCLIN METHYL ESTER; NAFTIDROFURYL; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLACEBO; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; PROSTANOID; TAPROSTENE; INOSITOL NICOTINATE; NICOTINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AMPUTATION; ANALGESIA; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJECTION PAIN; INJECTION SITE IRRITATION; LIMB BLOOD VESSEL; LIMB PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LEG ULCER; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ALPROSTADIL; AMPUTATION; EPOPROSTENOL; HUMANS; ILOPROST; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LEG ULCER; NAFRONYL; NICOTINIC ACIDS; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROSTAGLANDINS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 85041468353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006544.pub3     Document Type: Article

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