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The Importance of Hydration in Wound Healing: Reinvigorating the clinical perspective [PDF]

, 2016
Balancing skin hydration levels is important as any disruption in skin integrity will result in disturbance of the dermal water balance. The discovery that a moist wound healing environment actively supports the healing response when compared to a dry ...
Atiyeh B.S., Atiyeh B.S., Eaglstein W.H., Faria D., Gabriel A., Gabriel A., Gray D., Hebra F., Leung B.K., Park A.C., Rubio P.A., Scheuplein R., Verdier-Sévrain S., Xu W., Zelen C.M.   +14 more
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A central line care maintenance bundle for the prevention of central line–associated bloodstream infection in non–intensive care unit settings [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a central line care maintenance bundle to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) in non-ICU settings. DESIGN: Before-after trial with 12 month follow-up period.
Ball, Kelly, Fraser, Victoria, Jafarzadeh, S. Reza, Kremer, Pamala, McMullen, Kathleen, O\u27Neil, Caroline, Warren, David, Wood, Helen   +7 more
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Modern methods of the treatment of hereditary epidermolysis bullosa

Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii, 2017
Today there are no ethiopathogenetic treatment methods for treating hereditary epidermolysis bullosa. All available treatment methods are symptomatic and are mainly aimed at patient care.
A. A. Kubanov, V. I. Albanova, V. V. Chikin, R. V. Yepishev   +3 more
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The Use of Poly(vinyl alcohol)-based Hydrogels in Biomedical Applications [PDF]

, 2018
Polymers have found increasing favor in biomedical applications due to the greater control that researchers can exert over their properties. Researchers have focused on the development of therapies using biologically compatible polymers due to their ...
Subramanian, Deepak
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The potential of functionalized dressing releasing flavonoids facilitates scar-free healing

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
Scars are pathological marks left after an injury heals that inflict physical and psychological harm, especially the great threat to development and aesthetics posed by oral and maxillofacial scars.
Mengyuan Zhang, Mengyuan Zhang, Xiaohang Chen, Xiaohang Chen, Yuan Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Xiangyu Zhao, Xiangyu Zhao, Jing Zhao, Jing Zhao, Xing Wang, Xing Wang   +11 more
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The Glue Around Quarks and the Interquark Potential [PDF]

, 1998
The quarks of quark models cannot be identified with the quarks of the QCD Lagrangian. We review the restrictions that gauge field theories place on any description of physical (colour) charges. A method to construct charged particles is presented.
Bagan, Bagan, D. McMullan, E. Bagan, Horan, Hughes, Kulish, Lavelle, Lavelle, Lavelle, M. Lavelle, Nielsen, R. Horan   +12 more
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Medical management of ionizing radiation-induced skin injury

Radiation Protection and Environment, 2022
Skin radiation exposure occurs during planned or unplanned radiation events, such as radiotherapy or nuclear radiation accidents, respectively, resulting into acute and chronic effects depending upon the extent of the radiation exposure or contamination.
Himanshu Ojha, Vikram Choudhary, Deepti Sharma, Ashrit Nair, Navneet Sharma, Mallika Pathak, Hosakote Shivkumar, Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Vinod Kaushik, Rahul Singhal, Rajeev Goel   +10 more
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Chitosan-Cellulose Composite for Wound Dressing Material. Part 2. Antimicrobial Activity, Blood Absorption Ability, and Biocompatibility [PDF]

, 2014
Chitosan (CS), a polysaccharide derived from chitin, the second most abundant polysaccharide, is widely used in the medical world because of its natural and nontoxic properties and its innate ability for antibacterial and hemostasis effects.
Altiok, Anderson, Anderson, Augustine, Aziz, Bordenave, Burkatovskaya, Burkatovskaya, Burkatovskaya, Cai, Cai, Chatelet, Costerton, Dai, Dai, El-Mekawy, Fakhry, Fink, Finkenstadt, Fulton, Ignatova, Ignatova, Jain, Jayakumar, Jayakumar, Kiyozumi, Kloth, Kong, Lee, Miao, Mori, Mori, Naficy, Oliveira, Pinto, Rabea, Rabea, Sandoval, Silva, Silva, Spoering, Terrill, Tran, Varshosaz, Werner, Wu, Xia   +46 more
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Analysis of the potential of innovation in dressings to treat chronic wounds in the city of Lima, Peru.

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2020
Objective: To analyze the potential for innovation in dressings to treat chronic wounds in the City of Lima. Methods: A qualitative study was carried out by means of interviews to medical experts and purchasing managers of medical supplies for the ...
Fanny L. Casado, Y Hinostroza-García, I. Hernandez-Patiño, G. Rossani, D. Guevara-Mendoza   +4 more
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Application of Negative Pressure Therapy on Skin Grafts after Soft-Tissue Reconstruction: A Prospective Observational Study

Clinics and Practice, 2022
A split-thickness skin graft (STSG) is one of the main tools used in the reconstruction of skin defects. Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has been widely used as adjunct therapy for wound healing for decades. Few studies have conducted the outcomes
Aeshah Mandili, Abdullah Aljubairy, Bayan Alsharif, Wala Patwa, Khlood Alotibey, Sara Basha, Ziyad Alharbi   +6 more
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