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A scoping literature review on PubMed was conducted between January–May 2021 with combinations of the following key terms: ‘compression therapy’; ‘peripheral artery disease’; ‘critical limb...
S.T.R.I.D.E helps clinicians make the right garment choice for the right patient to achieve the right outcome.
The consequences of an incorrect diagnosis of cellulitis.
The management of lymphoedema is based around the four treatment components of skin care, exercise, lymphatic drainage (massage) and compression. Compression promotes drainage of lymph by increasing...
Stage O: latency stage. A subclinical state where swelling is not evident despite impaired lymph transport. Reversible.
A comprehensive literature review of medical textbooks and journals was undertaken. Chapters and articles discussing the pathophysiology of CVI and its sequelae were included. A PubMed search of...
A total of 18 publications were examined, of which only nine met the inclusion criteria. The literature search was carried out by two authors, the first and last author. The years 2016–2018 were...
When an acute wound initially takes place, an efflux of lymphatic fluid and blood occurs, resulting in the first phase of the wound healing process: haemostasis. This phase, usually triggered within...
This consensual expert opinion was drawn up using two methods: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) and the Delphi process,17–19 and conducted according to a written protocol..
Medline, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Google Scholar were searched for relevant articles regarding the use of wound dressings and AMS in wound care, published between January 1970 and...
