Wound-bed management: key principles for practice.
Most chronic wounds have become stuck in the late inflammatory phase of wound healing. This can be distressing and frustrating for patients who may have lived with such a wound for many months. The key to the concept of wound-bed management is to prepare the wound so that modern methods of promoting healing can then be applied.
Collier
Mark
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United Lincolnshire Hospital NHS Trust (ULHT), Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, Lincolnshire.
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods; D004487:Edema / Q000517:prevention & control; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology