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Wound Repair and Regeneration, 2021 Many patients with venous leg ulcers do not reach complete healing with compression treatment alone, which is current standard care. This clinical trial HEAL LL‐37 was a phase IIb double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled study, with the aim to ...
M. Mahlapuu +19 more
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Exploring Resilience When Living with a Wound — An Integrative Literature Review [PDF]
, 2014 The psychological impact for patients with wounds can be significant, and adverse psychological effects frequently occur when there are permanent changes in the body’s structure or function.
Edward, Karen-Leigh, Ousey, Karen
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SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2017 This case study reports the diagnosis and treatment of a lower limb venous ulcer with abnormal underlying venous pathology. One male patient presented with bilateral varicose veins and a right lower limb ulcer.
Emma Dabbs +3 more
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BMJ Open, 2022 Objectives To investigate factors that promote and prevent the use of compression therapy in people with venous leg ulcers.Design Qualitative interview study with nurses using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF).Setting Three National Health Service ...
Jane Griffiths +7 more
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Aspirin in venous leg ulcer study (ASPiVLU): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Trials, 2016 BackgroundVenous leg ulceration is a common and costly problem that is expected to worsen as the population ages. Current treatment is compression therapy; however, up to 50 % of ulcers remain unhealed after 2 years, and ulcer recurrence is common.
C. Weller +14 more
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PLoS ONE, 2013 BackgroundThere has been limited examination of the contribution of socio-economic factors to the development of leg ulcers, despite the social patterning of many underlying risk factors.
Emily S Petherick +2 more
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 Venous leg ulcers are frequently colonized by microbes. This can be particularly devastating if the ulcer is infected with alert pathogens, i.e., highly virulent microorganisms with well-developed mechanisms of antibiotic resistance.
Justyna Cwajda-Białasik +3 more
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Creating innovation in lymphoedema nursing through collaboration [PDF]
, 2009 Against a background of fiscal and regulatory pressure to rationalize and justify health-care interventions, there is an underlying political message that greater cooperation and collaboration would improve health-care for all.
Davies, R., Jones, J.
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Tendinopathy: The Interplay between Mechanical Stress, Inflammation, and Vascularity
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This review explores the complex and self‐reinforcing cycle of mechanical stress, inflammation, and altered vascularity in tendinopathy—a common, painful tendon disorder. It integrates current findings on cellular, molecular, and biomechanical mechanisms, highlighting how mechanical overload, inflammatory signals, and abnormal blood vessel behavior ...
Renate Gehwolf +5 more
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Diabetic foot disease and oedema [PDF]
, 2013 Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are common and disabling, giving rise to significant morbidity and mortality as well as worldwide socioeconomic problems. Despite treatment, DFUs readily become chronic wounds and may lead to major lower limb amputations.
Ho, TK, Leigh, RD, Tsui, J
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