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Cost-Effective Use of Silver Dressings for the Treatment of Hard-to-Heal Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers [PDF]

, 2014
Aim To estimate the cost-effectiveness of silver dressings using a health economic model based on time-to-wound-healing in hard-to-heal chronic venous leg ulcers (VLUs). Background Chronic venous ulceration affects 1–3% of the adult population and
AB Lansdown, CE Davies, D Leaper, D Leaper, D Leaper, D Maddox, David John Leaper, DJ Leaper, DJ Leaper, DJ Margolis, DJ Margolis, E Scanlon, F Gottrup, F Gottrup, Gregor B. E. Jemec, H Chambers, H. Peter Soyer, JA Michaels, Jean Charles Kerihuel, JR Barwell, JV Cornwall, Karen Ousey, MH Hermans, MJ Carter, NJ Trengove, RJ White, Sanne Lise Lauemøller, SF Lo, SF Lo, SR Baker   +29 more
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Marked Long‐term Improvement in Lung Function in Melanoma Differentiation‐associated Protein 5 (MDA5) Antibody Positive Dermatomyositis Patients: Experience of a Single Center Longitudinal Cohort in North America

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective The objective of this study was to describe the longitudinal disease course and pulmonary outcomes of North American patients with melanoma differentiation‐associated gene 5 antibody (MDA5 ab) associated dermatomyositis (DM). Methods Thirty patients with MDA5 ab DM were identified in a single center longitudinal cohort of 352 patients with ...
Jenice X Cheah, Sangmee S Bae, Tiffany De Leon, Yuna Lee, Rong Guo, David Elashoff, Jennifer Wang, Ani Shahbazian, Christina Charles‐Schoeman   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of multidrug-resistant biofilm-forming pathogens in diabetic foot ulcers and antimicrobial activity of nanoparticles

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Introduction: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are the main devastating complications for diabetic patients. The involvement of multidrug-resistant microorganisms with the ability to produce biofilms in DFUs renders them difficult to treat. Nanotechnology has
Samiya Kainat, Muhammad Sohail, Saira Rafique, Muneeza Mustafa, Uroosa Ejaz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of a Molecular Signature Response Classifier to Inform Treatment Selection Improves Clinical Disease Activity Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Initiating a Biologic or Targeted Synthetic Disease‐Modifying Antirheumatic Drug

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We assessed the effectiveness of PrismRA to improve clinical outcomes among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) initiating treatment with a biologic or targeted synthetic disease‐modifying antirheumatic drug (b/tsDMARD). Methods PrismRA incorporated 19 gene expression features and four clinical features to assess a patient's likelihood of
Fenglong Xie, Timothy Beukelman, Nicholas P. McCormick, Jeffrey R. Curtis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Confronting a New Challenge in Plastic Surgery: MDR Infections in Patients with Chronic Wounds

Life
Background: The presence of a wound can be anywhere from non-problematic to life-threatening on a severity spectrum, with bacterial infection and resistance playing a major role in the development of chronicity, delaying wound healing. Wound colonization
Laura Răducu, Oriana Elena Moraru, Daniela-Elena Gheoca-Mutu, Teodora Peligrad, Andrada-Elena Țigăran, Abdalah Abu-Baker, Daniela-Elena Ion, Bogdan Mihai Ursuț, Cristian-Radu Jecan, Adelaida Avino   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Healing Progress of Pressure Ulcers Treated with Cathodal High-Voltage Monophasic Pulsed Current: Results of a Prospective, Double-blind, Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of high-voltage monophasic pulsed current (HVMPC) as an adjunct to a standard wound care for the treatment of Stage II and III pressure ulcers (PrUs).
Agnieszka Nawrat-Szoltysik, Andrzej Franek, Anna Polak, Anna Walczak, Cezary Kucio, Edward Blaszczak, Jakub Taradaj, Lidia Bialek, Luther C. Kloth, Malgorzata Paczula   +9 more
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Rheumatologic Manifestations of Patients With Type B Insulin Resistance

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objectives of this study were to identify laboratory and clinical features associated with type B insulin resistance (TBIR), a rare condition caused by autoantibodies that inhibit the insulin receptor, most frequently occurring in the setting of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and to increase awareness of this rare, life‐threatening ...
S. Amara Ogbonnaya, Sandra G. Williams, Raphael A. Kirou, Marissa Lightbourne, Rebecca J. Brown   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Necrotic Lesions Associated with Desomorphine ("Krokodil") Drug Abuse: a Systematic Review

eJournal of Oral Maxillofacial Research
Objectives: This systematic review of case reports and case series aims to identify the types of necrotic alterations caused by desomorphine ("Krokodil") and the diagnostic methods used in such cases.
Elitsa Sabeva, Dimitar Dochev
doaj   +1 more source

Indomethacin-antihistamine combination for gastric ulceration control [PDF]

, 1981
An anti-inflammatory and analgesic composition containing indomethacin and an H sub 1 or an H sub 2 histamine receptor antagonist in an amount sufficient to reduce gastric distress caused by the indomethacin is described.
Brown, P. A., Danellis, J. V.
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Therapie chronischer Wunden mit wassergefiltertem Infrarot A (wIRA) [PDF]

, 2008
The central portion of chronic wounds is often hypoxic and relatively hypothermic, representing a deficient energy supply of the tissue, which impedes wound healing or even makes it impossible.
Daeschlein, Georg, Felbert, Verena von, Hoffmann, Gerd, Mercer, James B., Schumann, Hauke, Strasser, Wolfgang   +5 more
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