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Identifying risk factors and protective factors for venous leg ulcer recurrence using a theoretical approach: A longitudinal study [PDF]
International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2015 Background\ud \ud The high recurrence rate of chronic venous leg ulcers has a significant impact on an individual’s quality of life and healthcare costs. \ud \ud Objectives\ud \ud This study aimed to identify risk and protective factors for recurrence of
Kathleen Finlayson, Min-Lin Wu
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Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2002
Skin ulcers of the lower extremities have a chronic, relapsing course and often are difficult to manage. Leg ulcers remain a significant management challenge to health care professionals. This article focuses on the various causes of leg ulcers, with an emphasis on venous disease.
Dana, Paquette, Vincent, Falanga
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Skin ulcers of the lower extremities have a chronic, relapsing course and often are difficult to manage. Leg ulcers remain a significant management challenge to health care professionals. This article focuses on the various causes of leg ulcers, with an emphasis on venous disease.
Dana, Paquette, Vincent, Falanga
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Nursing Older People, 2007
This article aims to explain the difference between venous and arterial leg ulcers, methods of treatment and prevention for each kind of ulcer, and the social and emotional impact of venous ulcers.
Pat, Morris, Ruth, Sander
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This article aims to explain the difference between venous and arterial leg ulcers, methods of treatment and prevention for each kind of ulcer, and the social and emotional impact of venous ulcers.
Pat, Morris, Ruth, Sander
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Leg ulcers: uncommon presentations
Clinics in Dermatology, 2005Uncommon presentations like vasculitis or other immunologic causes and malignancy account for about 1% to 2% of patients suffering from leg ulcers. We focus on such uncommon leg ulcers including: cutaneous vasculitis causing cutaneous ulceration, other immunologic or metabolic cutaneous lesions such as pyoderma gangrenosum and necrobiosis lipoidica ...
Gottrup, Finn, Karlsmark, T.
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Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery, 2003
Chronic wounds, and venous ulcers in particular, are often managed by dermatologists. The first step in the management of any lower extremity ulceration is accurate diagnosis. Although there are several basic tenets of good wound care that remain static regardless of wound etiology, such as maintaining a moist and clean wound healing environment, many ...
Jonathan, Kantor, David J, Margolis
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Chronic wounds, and venous ulcers in particular, are often managed by dermatologists. The first step in the management of any lower extremity ulceration is accurate diagnosis. Although there are several basic tenets of good wound care that remain static regardless of wound etiology, such as maintaining a moist and clean wound healing environment, many ...
Jonathan, Kantor, David J, Margolis
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British Journal of Nursing, 2006
This article considers the law which applies to the standard of care when patients are being treated in the community for persistent ulcers. It considers the importance of expert opinion in determining the reasonable standard of care and the significance of the guidelines of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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This article considers the law which applies to the standard of care when patients are being treated in the community for persistent ulcers. It considers the importance of expert opinion in determining the reasonable standard of care and the significance of the guidelines of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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Clinical predictors of leg ulcer healing [PDF]
British Journal of Dermatology, 2010 Background:  Identification of factors associated with healing can help in understanding the causes of delayed healing in chronic leg ulceration, and can allow for programmes to be developed to modify these factors to improve patient outcomes ...
C J Moffatt, Peter J Franks
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1999
Introduction - management of leg ulcers. Part I Wound healing: molecular biology of chronic wounds cytokines in progressing stages of chronic venous insufficiency bacteriology of leg ulcers synthetic dressings therapy with growth factors cultured keratinocyte grafts.
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Introduction - management of leg ulcers. Part I Wound healing: molecular biology of chronic wounds cytokines in progressing stages of chronic venous insufficiency bacteriology of leg ulcers synthetic dressings therapy with growth factors cultured keratinocyte grafts.
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Autoimmune ulceration of the leg
Clinics in Dermatology, 1990Abstract Autoimmune diseases are those disorders characterized by circulating autoantibodies or specific immune effector cells targeted towards a variety of self antigens. These disorders have traditionally included the so-called collagen vascular diseases, such as lupus erythematosus or scleroderma, certain vascultides, and a variety of ...
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Hemoglobinopathies and Leg Ulcers
The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, 2015Major hemoglobinopathies, including sickle cell anemia, are becoming a global health issue. Leg ulcers are the most common cutaneous manifestation of sickle cell disease and an important contributor to morbidity burden in this population. Leg ulcers following sickling disorders are extremely painful, and hard to heal.
Afsaneh, Alavi, Robert S, Kirsner
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