scholarly journals Systematic reviews of wound care management: (5) beds; (6) compression; (7) laser therapy, therapeutic ultrasound, electrotherapy and electromagnetic therapy

2001 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Cullum ◽  
E. A. Nelson ◽  
K. Flemming ◽  
T. Sheldon
Keyword(s):  
Laser Therapy ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Care Management ◽  
Wound Care ◽  
Therapeutic Ultrasound

Towards systematic reviews that inform health care management and policy-making

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 35-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Lavis ◽  
Huw Davies ◽  
Andy Oxman ◽  
Jean-Louis Denis ◽  
Karen Golden-Biddle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Care Management ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Health Care Management ◽  
Health Care Managers ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Care Managers

Objectives To identify ways to improve the usefulness of systematic reviews for health care managers and policy-makers that could then be evaluated prospectively. Methods We systematically reviewed studies of decision-making by health care managers and policy-makers, conducted interviews with a purposive sample of them in Canada and the United Kingdom (n=29), and reviewed the websites of research funders, producers/purveyors of research, and journals that include them among their target audiences (n=45). Results Our systematic review identified that factors such as interactions between researchers and health care policy-makers and timing/timeliness appear to increase the prospects for research use among policy-makers. Our interviews with health care managers and policy-makers suggest that they would benefit from having information that is relevant for decisions highlighted for them (e.g. contextual factors that affect a review's local applicability and information about the benefits, harms/risks and costs of interventions) and having reviews presented in a way that allows for rapid scanning for relevance and then graded entry (such as one page of take-home messages, a three-page executive summary and a 25-page report). Managers and policy-makers have mixed views about the helpfulness of recommendations. Our analysis of websites found that contextual factors were rarely highlighted, recommendations were often provided and graded entry formats were rarely used. Conclusions Researchers could help to ensure that the future flow of systematic reviews will better inform health care management and policy-making by involving health care managers and policy-makers in their production and better highlighting information that is relevant for decisions. Research funders could help to ensure that the global stock of systematic reviews will better inform health care management and policy-making by supporting and evaluating local adaptation processes such as developing and making available online more user-friendly ‘front ends’ for potentially relevant systematic reviews.

Wound Care Management

2016 ◽  
pp. 361-370
Author(s):  
Shari Lawson ◽  
Wendie Grunberg ◽  
Howard T. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Care Management ◽  
Wound Care

scholarly journals Evidence-based medicine: vacuum-assisted closure in wound care management

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith E Hunter ◽  
Luc Teot ◽  
Raymond Horch ◽  
Paul E Banwell
Keyword(s):  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Care Management ◽  
Wound Care ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Vacuum Assisted Closure ◽  
Based Medicine

Wound Care Management for Venous Ulcers

2017 ◽  
pp. 453-461
Author(s):  
Sheena K. Harris ◽  
Dale G. Wilson ◽  
Robert B. McLafferty
Keyword(s):  
Care Management ◽  
Wound Care ◽  
Venous Ulcers

scholarly journals Low Level Laser Therapy for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Critical Survey

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathrin H. Beckmann ◽  
Gesa Meyer-Hamme ◽  
Sven Schröder
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Laser Therapy ◽  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Wound Care ◽  
Low Level Laser Therapy ◽  
Foot Ulcers ◽  
Diabetic Foot Ulcers ◽  
Low Level Laser ◽  
Level Laser

Diabetic foot ulcers as one of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus are defined as nonhealing or long-lasting chronic skin ulcers in diabetic patients. Multidisciplinary care for the diabetic foot is common, but treatment results are often unsatisfactory. Low level laser therapy (LLLT) on wound areas as well as on acupuncture points, as a noninvasive, pain-free method with minor side effects, has been considered as a possible treatment option for the diabetic foot syndrome. A systematic literature review identified 1764 articles on this topic. Finally, we adopted 22 eligible references; 8 of them were cell studies, 6 were animal studies, and 8 were clinical trials. Cell studies and animal studies gave evidence of cellular migration, viability, and proliferation of fibroblast cells, quicker reepithelization and reformed connective tissue, enhancement of microcirculation, and anti-inflammatory effects by inhibition of prostaglandine, interleukin, and cytokine as well as direct antibacterial effects by induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The transferral of these data into clinical medicine is under debate. The majority of clinical studies show a potential benefit of LLLT in wound healing of diabetic ulcers. But there are a lot of aspects in these studies limiting final evidence about the actual output of this kind of treatment method. In summary, all studies give enough evidence to continue research on laser therapy for diabetic ulcers, but clinical trials using human models do not provide sufficient evidence to establish the usefulness of LLLT as an effective tool in wound care regimes at present. Further well designed research trials are required to determine the true value of LLLT in routine wound care.

Methodological quality of systematic reviews analyzing the use of laser therapy in restorative dentistry

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janaina Salmos ◽  
Marleny E. M. M. Gerbi ◽  
Rodivan Braz ◽  
Emanuel S. S. Andrade ◽  
Belmiro C. E. Vasconcelos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laser Therapy ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Methodological Quality ◽  
Restorative Dentistry

In-vitro Activity of Honey and Topical Silver in Wound Care Management

Drug Research ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 592-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.-L. Wang ◽  
Q.-H. Yu ◽  
S.-K. Chen ◽  
Y.-H. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Care Management ◽  
Wound Care ◽  
Vitro Activity ◽  
In Vitro Activity
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