Showing posts with label leg ulcers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leg ulcers. Show all posts

Thursday, 6 November 2014

Effect of telemedicine follow-up care of leg and foot ulcers

"The available evidence is too weak to make conclusions about the effectiveness of telemedicine follow-up care of patients with leg and foot ulcers. Larger and more rigorous studies are needed to enable strong conclusions and clinical recommendations to be made."

Effect of telemedicine follow-up care of leg and foot ulcers: a systematic review
LV Nordheim, M Tveit Haavind, MM Iversen
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:565

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Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Cost-effectiveness of compression technologies for evidence-informed care

"We evaluated an evidence-informed leg ulcer care protocol with two frequently used high compression systems: 'four-layer bandage' (4LB) and 'short-stretch bandage' (SSB)."

Cost-effectiveness of compression technologies for evidence-informed care: results from the Canadian Bandaging Trial
B Pham, HB Margaret, MH Chen, ME Carley
BMC Health Services Research, 2012, 12:346

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