|
Irish Health Repository >
Other Irish Health Organisations >
Publications >
Guidelines for the management of leg ulcers in Ireland
| Files in This Item: |
| File |
Description |
Size |
Format |
View/Open |
| GuidelinesForTheManagementOfLegUlcersInIreland.pdf | | 5052Kb | Adobe PDF | 
View/Open |
|
| Title: | Guidelines for the management of leg ulcers in Ireland |
| Authors: | Grace, Pierce (editor) |
| Affiliation: | University of Limerick |
| Publisher: | Smith & Nephew |
| Issue Date: | 2002 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/246532 |
| Type: | Report |
| Language: | en |
| Description: | Venous ulceration has long been seen as a Cinderella condition. This attitude has changed in recent time with the demonstration that control of venous hypertension using sophisticated compression systems, brings about healing in the majority of patients, without requirement for expensive in-hospital facilities. That challenges are now to achieve healing in resistant groups and to accelerate healing in others. Exciting new information is beginning to emerge from studies of local wound and systematic host molecular changes. It is clear that analysis of sequences of these molecular events in critical to the development of cytokine strategies capable of altering wound healing. It is probable that many ulcers in the future will be treated by a combination of local mechanical approaches and local systemic molecular strategies. |
| Keywords: | MEDICAL TREATMENT
HYPERTENSION |
| Local subject classification: | LEG ULCERS
WOUND CARE |
| ISSN: | 095424740X |
| Appears in Collections: | Publications
|
Please use
this identifier to cite or link
to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/246532
 Del.icio.us
 LinkedIn
 Citeulike
 Connotea
 Facebook
 Stumble it!
All Items in LENUS are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
|
