A Review on Pressure Ulcer: Aetiology, Cost, Detection and Prevention Systems [PDF]
, 2014 Pressure ulcer (also known as pressure sore, bedsore, ischemia, decubitus ulcer) is a global challenge for today’s healthcare society. Found in several locations in the human body such as the sacrum, heel, back of the head, shoulder, knee caps, it occurs
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The Voice of people living with mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) disease: a grounded theory to understand the illness experience and support needs of people living with mycobacterium ulcerans disease in a rural district of central Ghana. [PDF]
Mycobacterium Ulcerans (also known as Buruli Ulcer) is a rare skin disease which is prevalent in rural communities in the developing world mostly in Africa.
Effah, Alex
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Mathematical Modelling of Different Types of Body Support Surface for Pressure Ulcer Prevention [PDF]
, 2014 Pressure ulcer is a common problem for today’s healthcare industry. It occurs due to external load applied to the skin. Also when the subject is immobile for a longer period of time and there is continuous load applied to a particular area of human body,
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Combined Inflammatory and Metabolic Defects Reflected by Reduced Serum Protein Levels in Patients with Buruli Ulcer Disease [PDF]
, 2014 Buruli ulcer is a skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans that is spreading in tropical countries, with major public health and economic implications in West Africa.
Reid Oldenburg (550232) +63 more
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A novel model of human skin pressure ulcers in mice. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 INTRODUCTION: Pressure ulcers are a prevalent health problem in today's society. The shortage of suitable animal models limits our understanding and our ability to develop new therapies.
Andrés A Maldonado +5 more
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Experimental infection of the pig with Mycobacterium ulcerans: a novel model for studying the pathogenesis of Buruli ulcer disease. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND Buruli ulcer (BU) is a slowly progressing, necrotising disease of the skin caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans. Non-ulcerative manifestations are nodules, plaques and oedema, which may progress to ulceration of large parts of ...
Miriam Bolz +12 more
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Spatial distribution of mast cells in chronic venous leg ulcers
European Journal of Histochemistry, 2009 Chronic venous leg ulcers (CVUs) show chronic inflammation but different pathological changes occur in different parts of the ulcer. There is a lack of re-epithelialisation and defective matrix deposition in the ulcer base but epidermal ...
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Data for pressure ulcers and skin infections after cochlear implantation
Data in Brief, 2020 This article contains data concerning the research article entitled “Pressure ulcers and skin infections after cochlear implantation: A delayed yet serious issue” (Hui-Shan Hsieh, Chee-Yee Lee, Hung-Pin Wu, Ming-Ying Zhuo, and Chung-Feng Hwang) [1]. This
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Can a Tight Saree Wear Cause Cancer? – A Rare Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Skin cancer is rare in India with an incidence of about less than 1% of all cancers. Saree Cancer, a kind of skin cancer is rarer entity, which arises from the frequent abrasion over skin caused by tying the rope in inskirts, often tied tightly so that ...
Subathira Balasundaram +4 more
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Radiation Ulcer in the Epigastric Region: A Rare Case [PDF]
International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2020 Radiation Therapy (RT) constitutes an integral part of oncological treatment. Skin changes following RT can range from dermatitis to non-healing ulcer.
Xu Shuqia +3 more
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