Alginate dressings for treating pressure ulcers
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Citations
Biomedical materials for wound dressing: recent advances and applications
Alginates in Dressings and Wound Management
Effectiveness of Different Topical Treatments in the Healing of Pressure Injuries: A Network Meta-analysis.
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References
Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses
The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration
CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials
CONSORT 2010 Statement: Updated Guidelines for Reporting Parallel Group Randomised Trials
Practical methods for incorporating summary time-to-event data into meta-analysis
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Q2. What was the cost of treating pressure ulcers in the UK in 2004?
In 2004 the total annual cost of treating pressure ulcers in the UK was estimated as being GBP 1.4 to 2.1 billion, which was equivalent to 4% of the total National Health Service expenditure.
Q3. What is the name of the article?
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.A B S T R A C TPressure ulcers, also known as bedsores, decubitus ulcers and pressure injuries, are localised areas of injury to the skin or the underlying tissue, or both.
Q4. What was the cost of a hospital stay for pressure ulcers?
Figures from the USA for 2006 suggest that half a million hospital stays had ’pressure ulcer’ noted as a diagnosis; the total hospital costs of these stays was USD 11 billion.
Q5. What databases were searched for the study?
For this review, in April 2015 the authors searched the following databases the Cochrane Wounds Group Specialised Register; The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (The Cochrane Library); Ovid MEDLINE; Ovid MEDLINE (In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations); Ovid EMBASE; and EBSCO CINAHL.
Q6. what is the effect of further research?
GRADE Working Group grades of evidence High quality: further research is very unlikely to change their confidence in the estimate of effect Moderate quality: further research is likely to have an important impact on their confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate Low quality: further research is very likely to have an important impact on their confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate Very low quality: the authors are very uncertain about the estimate1