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Clinical usage of honey as a wound dressing: An update [PDF]

, 2004
Honey is an ancient treatment that is increasingly earning its place in modern wound care. Evidence suggests it compares with other dressings in terms of its antibacterial properties, ease of use and ability to promote a moist ...
Molan, Peter C.
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Wide Spectrum Potent Antimicrobial Efficacy of Wound Dressings Impregnated with Cuprous Oxide Microparticles

Microbiology Research, 2022
Copper has intrinsic antimicrobial properties. Wound dressings impregnated with cuprous oxide microparticles (hereafter termed COD) have been cleared for the management of acute and chronic wounds by the FDA and other regulatory bodies.
Gadi Borkow, Tohar Roth, Alexander Kalinkovich   +2 more
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Surface Engineered Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) Based Novel Hybrid Systems for Effective Wound Healing: A Review of Recent Developments

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020
Wounds present serious medical complications and their healing requires strategies that promote angiogenesis, deposition of collagen as well as re-epithelialization of wounds.
Luo-Qin Fu, Xiao-Yi Chen, Xiao-Yi Chen, Mao-Hua Cai, Xiao-Hua Tao, Yi-Bin Fan, Xiao-Zhou Mou, Xiao-Zhou Mou   +7 more
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An evaluation of properties related to wear time of four dressings during a five-day period [PDF]

, 2015
This study evaluated skin tolerance and other properties relating to wear time, such as conformability and comfort, pain on dressing removal, adhesion and premature detachment, of four advanced hydrated dressings applied to the knees and elbows of 22 ...
Bielfeldt, Stephen, Rippon, Mark, Waring, Mike   +2 more
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Evidence update on prevention of surgical site infection [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose of review: surgical site infection (SSI) is a common health care associated infection and complicates up to 10-20% of operations with considerable health care resources.
Astagneau, Bayat, Blackham, Bonds, Bunn, Cabaluna, Daoud, Darouiche, Edmiston, Fry, Gheorghe, Grauhan, Jakobsson, Kamel, Kent, Kirby, Krieger, Leaper, Leaper, Leaper, Leaper, Leaper, Leaper, Lyytikainen, Matatov, Melling, Pauli, Pinkney, Richet, Sanchez-Manuel, Stannard, Strecker, Tanner, Tanner, Taylor, Thibon, Togioka, Turtiainen, Ubbink, Wang, Webster, Williams, Yokoe   +42 more
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Developing a real time sensing system to monitor bacteria in wound dressings [PDF]

, 2012
Infection control is a key aspect of wound management strategies. Infection results in chemical imbalances and inflammation in the wound and may lead to prolonged healing times and degradation of the wound surface.
Bowler, Brown, Cady, Clement, Costerton, Dobson, Eden, Firstenberg-Eden, Giaever, Gupta, James, Kell, Kingsley, Lazcka, Levine, Lind, McColl, Percival, Richards, Rigaud, Rothermel, Rowley, Schierle, Schultz, Silver, Smith, Sopwith, Thomas, Ur, Weber, Whulanza   +30 more
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The Colour of Quarks

, 1995
It is shown that colour can only be defined on gauge invariant states. Since the ability to associate colour with constituent quarks is an integral part of the constituent quark model, this means that, if we want to extract constituent quarks from QCD ...
Buchholz, David McMullan, de Forcrand, Dirac, Fermi, Gribov, Haag, Jackiw, Lavelle, Lavelle, Lavelle, Martin Lavelle, McMullan, Neubert, Pascual, Wilson   +15 more
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Securing All intraVenous devices Effectively in hospitalised patients—the SAVE trial: study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: Over 70% of all hospital admissions have a peripheral intravenous device (PIV) inserted; however, the failure rate of PIVs is unacceptably high, with up to 69% of these devices failing before treatment is complete.
Aukerman, Bausone-Gazda, Bhende, Bolton, Bregenzer, Callaghan, Campbell, Craig, Donlan, Ezingeard, Frey, Hadaway, Harwood, Hoffmann, Maki, Maki, Naimer, Needham, NSW Health, O'Grady, Rickard, Royer, Schears, Sheppard, Sherertz, Simonova, Singer, Smith, Smith, Van Gessel, Wallis, Webster, Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Zingg   +35 more
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Cutaneous Wound Healing: An Update from Physiopathology to Current Therapies

Life, 2021
The skin is the biggest organ of human body which acts as a protective barrier against deleterious agents. When this barrier is damaged, the organism promotes the healing process with several molecular and cellular mechanisms, in order to restore the ...
Lucas Fernando Sérgio Gushiken, Fernando Pereira Beserra, Jairo Kenupp Bastos, Christopher John Jackson, Cláudia Helena Pellizzon   +4 more
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Foam dressings: a review of the literature and evaluation of fluid-handling capacity of four leading foam dressings [PDF]

, 2015
Posnett and Franks (2008) have calculated that 200,000 people in the UK have a chronic wound, with an estimated treatment cost of between £2.3 billion and £3.1 billion per year.
Atkin, Leanne, Bateman, Sharon, Stephenson, John   +2 more
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