Diagnosis, assessment and management of mixed aetiology ulcers using reduced compression.
Accurate diagnosis of mixed aetiology leg ulcers depends on detailed assessment by a trained practitioner. This paper, the fourth in a six-part series on leg ulcers, describes how reduced compression bandaging can achieve successful outcomes.
Stevens
J
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Tissue Viability, Hounslow and North Surrey Primary Care Trusts, West Middlesex University Hospital Trust, UK. julie.stevens@hounslowpct.nhs.uk
D001458:Bandages; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000451:nursing*; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D010092:Oximetry; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014463:Ultrasonography