Venous leg ulcer management: low compression versus no compression across care settings.
Aim To compare the characteristics of patients with venous leg ulcers (VLU)s managed with low compression therapy in an acute care wound clinic at tertiary hospital setting versus those managed without compression in a community home care setting Method This retrospective study reviewed medical reco...
| Publicado en: | World Council of Enterostomal Therapists Journal Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 12 - 20 |
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Cambridge Publishing
Dec2025
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