Caring for the patient with peristomal pyoderma gangrenosum.

Pyoderma gangrenosum is an ulcerating skin condition associated with inflammatory bowel disease and other diseases. During an 18 month period beginning in the tall of 1991 seven patients were followed up for pyoderma gangrenosum. Three of these cases, with assessment and treatment plans, are present...

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Publicado en:Journal of Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nursing Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 237 - 242
Autores principales: Stamm L, Swatske ME, Hickey S, Shepherd Z, Dalgaard J
Formato: case study pictorial Journal Article
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1995 Sep
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Sumario:Pyoderma gangrenosum is an ulcerating skin condition associated with inflammatory bowel disease and other diseases. During an 18 month period beginning in the tall of 1991 seven patients were followed up for pyoderma gangrenosum. Three of these cases, with assessment and treatment plans, are presented. A discussion of treatment principles for managing pyoderma gangrenosum follows.