Use and application of graduated elastic compression stockings.
As part of Nursing Standards clinical skills series, this article discusses how to apply graduated elastic compression stockings, which are used as a prophylactic method to prevent deep vein thrombosis and its more serious complication, pulmonary embolism.
Walker
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University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester. Linda.walker@hhtr.nhs.uk
Lamont
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D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing; D053828:Stockings, Compression; D006113:United Kingdom