Search for dissertations about: "chronic non healing ulcer"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words chronic non healing ulcer.

  2. 1. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as adjunctive treatment of chronic diabetic foot ulcers

    Author : Magnus Löndahl; Lund Medicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Diabetes Mellitus; foot ulcer; HRQL; cardiac function;

    Abstract : Chronic diabetic foot ulcers are a source of major concern for both patients and health care systems. Oxygen deficiency plays a major role in the pathogenesis of these ulcers. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has been proposed as a medical treatment for diabetic foot ulcers, but the clinical utility has not been established. READ MORE

  4. 2. The roles of microRNAs in skin wound healing

    Author : Xi Li; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Skin is an essential biological barrier of the human body, and wound healing is the fundamental physiological process to keep its integrity. Chronic non-healing wounds are growing socioeconomic and health concerns, which longs for more understanding of their pathophysiology to discover effective treatments. READ MORE

  5. 3. Elderly patients with slow-healing leg ulcers : an embodied suffering

    Author : Britt Ebbeskog; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Communion; dressing change; elderly care; embodiment; intervention; lived experiences; phenomenological-hermeneutic; prevalence; nursing care; slow-healing wound; suffering and venous leg ulcer.;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate leg and foot ulcer patients, from the perspective of a population in a specific urban area, and to illuminate these individual patients' lived experience of living with slow-healing venous leg ulcers. Study (I) was a survey of chronic leg and foot ulcers and study (II) was a follow-up study of the wound healing rate and an intervention study. READ MORE

  6. 4. Development of squamous cell carcinoma in venous ulcers

    Author : Baldur Baldursson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : cancer epidemiology; human papillomavirus; p53; p21; bc1-2; Ki-67; wound healing; chronic ulcers; skin carcinogenesis; growth factors;

    Abstract : Apart from numerous case reports, studies on the epidemiology and the outcome of malignant transformation in venous leg ulcers are scarce. Even the aetiology is unsettled, and the genetic effects of the chronic ulcer state only partly studied. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Role of Zinc in Leishmaniasis and Tuberculosis

    Author : Miguel Guzman; Tillämpad biokemi; []
    Keywords : Cutaneous leishmaniasis; tuberculosis; zinc supplementation; lymphocytes; cell proliferation; INF-γ; CD4 CD8 ratio;

    Abstract : The synergistic relation between nutritional deficiency and infection may have negative effects on the immune system, making individuals more vulnerable to infection. Zinc can affect the resistance to infections by modulating cytokine release, and by acting as a cofactor of thymulin, which induces the differentiation of immature T lymphocytes. READ MORE