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Topical agents or dressings for pain in venous leg ulcers. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Venous leg ulcers affect up to 1% of people at some time in their lives and are often painful. The main treatments are compression bandages and dressings.
Briggs, M   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Pediatric Kennedy Terminal Ulcer [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Photograph of Fossett's circus loads, 2 AEC Matadors - KKN412 - and trailers, taken Forest site, 28 September 1959 whole side ...
Reitz, Megan, Schindler, Christine A.
core   +2 more sources

Characteristics and Associated Factors of Autoimmune Diseases-related Skin Ulcer: A Multi Center Study

open access: yesXiehe Yixue Zazhi
ObjectiveTo explore the scoring level and related factors of autoimmune disease-related skin ulcers by collecting data from multiple centers, and to provide ideas and references for targeted intervention measures and management plans for clinical medical
ZHAO Yafang, ZHANG Chunyan, CUI Shuang
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating staff knowledge of safeguarding and pressure ulcers in care homes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Objective: To investigate whether nursing/care home staff regard pressure ulceration as a safeguarding issue; and to explore reporting mechanisms for pressure ulcers in nursing/care homes.
Kaye, Vicky   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Analysis of healthy sitting behavior: Interface pressure distribution and subcutaneous tissue oxygenation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Pressure ulcers are a large problem in individuals who use a wheelchair for their mobility and have limited trunk stability and motor function. Because no relation between interface pressure and pressure ulcer development has been established and no ...
Geffen, Paul van   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Healing Time of Skin Ulcers in Homecare Residents in the Province of Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy

open access: yesLife, 2022
The growing phenomenon of skin ulcers represents an important health problem; therefore, we conducted a pilot study to evaluate the ulcer healing time among adult subjects followed by the Home Nursing Service of the AUSL-IRCCS of Reggio Emilia, Northern ...
Inga Iamandii   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risky business: Preventing skin breakdown in children with spina bifida

open access: yesJournal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 2009
The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of skin issues in children with spina bifida. Included in the discussion below is a review of the etiology of pressure ulcers and the updated 2007 pressure ulcer definition and pressure ulcer staging ...
Elaine McGarr Ekmark
doaj   +1 more source

Late metastasis of renal cell carcinoma cloaked in a non-healing foot ulcer: A very rare presentation

open access: yesUrology Case Reports, 2021
A 67-year-old male who underwent right radical nephrectomy 15 years prior to current diagnosis for pT2bN0M0 ccRCC presented with an isolated purulent ulcer on left foot. Data was collected from records, radiological scans and histological reviews.
G. Harika, G. Bou Kheir
doaj   +1 more source

Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: control, diagnosis, and treatment. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The skin disease Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy and mainly affects remote rural African communities. Although the disease is known to be linked to contaminated
Adjei   +64 more
core   +2 more sources

Investigation of skin microbiota reveals Mycobacterium ulcerans-Aspergillus sp. trans-kingdom communication

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Mycobacterium ulcerans secrete a series of non-ribosomal-encoded toxins known as mycolactones that are responsible for causing a disabling ulceration of the skin and subcutaneous tissues named Buruli ulcer. The disease is the sole non-contagion among the
N. Hammoudi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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