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Human Wounds and Its Burden: An Updated Compendium of Estimates [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Significance: A 2018 retrospective analysis of Medicare beneficiaries identified that ∼8.2 million people had wounds with or without infections. Medicare cost estimates for acute and chronic wound treatments ranged from $28.1 billion to $96.8 billion ...
Sen, Chandan K.
core   +1 more source

Incidents of sudden death during restraint of agitated individuals in Sweden between 1992 and 2024

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Restraint‐related sudden deaths in agitated individuals raise complex questions at the intersection of medicine and law. Hyperactive delirium with extreme agitation as well as positional asphyxia due to restraint have been proposed to account for these deaths. However, the exact physiological mechanisms responsible and to what extent restraint
Alexander Tyr   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

S1‐Guideline for diagnosis and therapy of necrobiosis lipoidica

open access: yesJDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
Summary Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a rare granulomatous skin disease of unknown etiology that occurs frequently in association with diabetes mellitus and other comorbidities. The predilection site is the lower leg, particularly the pretibial areas. The exact pathogenesis remains unclear.
Cornelia Erfurt‐Berge   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic review of cost-effectiveness analyses of complex wound interventions reveals optimal treatments for specific wound types. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BackgroundComplex wounds present a substantial economic burden on healthcare systems, costing billions of dollars annually in North America alone.
Antony, Jesmin   +7 more
core   +3 more sources

Equine botulism

open access: yesEquine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Botulism is a severe and often fatal disease in equine patients worldwide. Clostridium botulinum is a ubiquitous soil organism which produces a potent neurotoxin resulting in neuromuscular blockade and flaccid paralysis in affected animals. Definitive diagnosis is often impractical or impossible, leading to diagnosis and treatment based on ...
Kali Slavik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding and applying compression therapy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Atkin L, Shirlow
Atkin, Leanne, Shirlow, K.
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The evidence supporting the use of honey as a wound dressing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Some clinicians are under the impression that there is little or no evidence to support the use of honey as a wound dressing. This impression is reinforced by it being concluded in systematic reviews that the evidence is not of a high standard.
Molan, Peter C.
core   +2 more sources

MSC‐Derived Secretome and Exosomes in Dermatology: Mechanisms, Therapeutic Opportunities, and Scientific Challenges—A Narrative Review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) exert their effects primarily through paracrine signaling via soluble factors and extracellular vesicles (EVs), especially exosomes. These acellular components offer regenerative and immunomodulatory benefits with fewer safety and logistical constraints than cell‐based therapies.
Marcela da Costa Pereira Cestari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Invasive Candida krusei infection and Candida vasculitis of a leg ulcer in an immunocompetent patient: A case report

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
A 71 year old female Caucasian farmer without any known immunosuppression presented with a painful ulcer of her right lower leg after a trauma caused by a wood billet. There was no response to empirical antibacterial treatment.
Philipp Jud   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Efficacy of Pressure Ulcer Treatment With Cathodal and Cathodal-Anodal High-Voltage Monophasic Pulsed Current: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background. Studies show that anode and cathode electrical stimulation (ES) promotes the healing of wounds, but specific protocols for both electrodes are not available. Objective. To compare the effectiveness of cathodal versus cathodal+anodal ES in the
Blaszczak, Edward   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

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