Biomaterial Database

Wound healing in the elderly. 1991

N T Tepelidis

Rehabilitation Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Fort Lyon, Colorado.

Wound healing in the elderly depends on the aforementioned risk factors and fundamental principles of wound management. Good results can be obtained through the realization that the elderly patient is an immunocompromised host requiring a prompt, definitive treatment based on a thorough history, physical examination and appropriate consultations with other health care professionals.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D005534	Foot Diseases	Anatomical and functional disorders affecting the foot.	Foot Disease
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D012307	Risk Factors	An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.	Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor
D014945	Wound Healing	Restoration of integrity to traumatized tissue.	Healing, Wound,Healings, Wound,Wound Healings
D016523	Foot Ulcer	Lesion on the surface of the skin of the foot, usually accompanied by inflammation. The lesion may become infected or necrotic and is frequently associated with diabetes or leprosy.	Plantar Ulcer,Foot Ulcers,Plantar Ulcers,Ulcer, Foot,Ulcer, Plantar,Ulcers, Foot,Ulcers, Plantar