Marjolin's Ulcers at a University Teaching Hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: A Retrospective Review of 56 Cases. [PDF]
, 2012 Marjolin's ulcer is a rare but highly aggressive squamous cell cancer that is most often associated with chronic burn wounds. Although many individual case reports exist, no comprehensive evaluation of Marjolin's ulcer patients has been conducted in our ...
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Factors Affecting Prediction of Pressure Ulcer among Patients at Critical Care Unit: Suggested Nursing Care Plan [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2019 Background: Pressure ulcer (PU) commonly called Pressure injury (PI), pressure sores (PS), decubitus ulcers (DU) or bedsores (BS), are localized injury occur most often in the skin and subcutaneous tissue over bony prominences.
Dalia Ali Ameen +2 more
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Immunohistochemical monitoring of wound healing in antibiotic treated buruli ulcer patients [PDF]
, 2014 While traditionally surgery has dominated the clinical management of Buruli ulcer (BU), the introduction of the combination chemotherapy with oral rifampicin and intramuscular streptomycin greatly improved treatment and reduced recurrence rates.
Arianna Andreoli +9 more
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Mycolactone-dependent depletion of endothelial cell thrombomodulin is strongly associated with fibrin deposition in Buruli ulcer lesions [PDF]
, 2015 A well-known histopathological feature of diseased skin in Buruli ulcer (BU) is coagulative necrosis caused by the Mycobacterium ulcerans macrolide exotoxin mycolactone.
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Challenges in the management of Buruli ulcer in Nigeria – A case report and literature review
Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2023 Buruli ulcer (BU) is a disfiguring infective skin lesion caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. If untreated, BU may lead to extensive soft-tissue loss and other complications.
Oluwatosin Stephen Ilori +3 more
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Hybrid equation/agent-based model of ischemia-induced hyperemia and pressure ulcer formation predicts greater propensity to ulcerate in subjects with spinal cord injury. [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2013 Pressure ulcers are costly and life-threatening complications for people with spinal cord injury (SCI). People with SCI also exhibit differential blood flow properties in non-ulcerated skin.
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IEEE Access, 2021 Pressure ulcer is a disease that has been increasing rapidly worldwide in recent years following the growing elderly population. However, its diagnoses and treatments still depend on the naked eye and traditional drug treatments, respectively.
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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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Xiehe Yixue ZazhiObjectiveTo 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
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Investigating staff knowledge of safeguarding and pressure ulcers in care homes [PDF]
, 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.
Ousey, K. +7 more
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