Assessment and management of patients with leg ulcers.
This article discusses the assessment and management of patients with leg ulcers, focusing on venous, arterial and mixed aetiology ulcers. Successful care planning should be based on working in partnership with patients in terms of offering choices that meet their clinical, quality-of-life and psychosocial needs.
Dowsett
Caroline
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Newham Primary Care Trust, London. caroline.dowsett@newhampct.nhs.uk
D001458:Bandages; D015984:Causality; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D010358:Patient Participation; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards; D014945:Wound Healing