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A survey of nurses' and podiatrists' attitudes, skills and knowledge of lower extremity wound care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Published literature has identified deficits in the wound care knowledge of many healthcare professionals involved in tissue viability, which may suggest some patients are receiving suboptimal care.
McIntosh, Caroline, Ousey, Karen
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Pressure ulcers: are they are a safeguarding issue in care and nursing homes? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The impact of the Care Act (Department of Health [DH], 2014) and adult legislation such as the Mental Capacity Act (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, 2009) has resulted in closer scrutiny of care provision and outcomes for those living in residential ...
Kaye, Vicky   +3 more
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Gastric tube ulcer perforating the pericardium after subtotal esophagectomy [Perforacija ulkusa želučanog supstituta u perikard nakon subtotalne ezofagektomije] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Subtotal esophagectomy with retrosternal transposition of the gastric tube to the neck was performed in a 62-year-old patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the proximal third of the esophagus.
Korušić, Anđelko   +5 more
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The Effect of Standardized Photodocumentation on Coding of Pressure Injuries

open access: yes, 2018
Background and Purpose: Pressure injuries (PI) are prevalent and costly for hospitals. Hospitals implement different practices to accurately document PIs ranging from pen and paper to photodocumentation in electronic medical records (EMRs).
Bales, Brandon   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Upper Gastrointestinal Disease in Nairobi and Nakuru Counties, Kenya; A Two YearComparative Endoscopy Study

open access: yesThe Annals of African Surgery, 2014
Introduction: Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) complaints are a common presentation in many outpatient clinics. St Mary’s Mission Hospitals run two endoscopy units in Nairobi and Nakuru.
Makanga W, Nyaoncha A
doaj  

Major impact of moist wound healing on autologous tissue regeneration: A review of ulcer treatment

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, 2023
Kenji Yamamoto   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Helicobacter pylori luxS mutants cause hyperinflammatory responses during chronic infection

open access: yesMicrobiology Spectrum
Helicobacter pylori infects roughly half the world’s population, causing gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric cancer in a subset. These pathologies occur in response to a chronic inflammatory state, but it is not fully understood how H.
Christina Yang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Endovenous thermal ablation for healing venous ulcers and preventing recurrence. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Carradice, D   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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