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Compression for venous leg ulcers

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, November 2012
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (84th percentile)

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Title
Compression for venous leg ulcers
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, November 2012
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd000265.pub3
Pubmed ID
Authors

Susan O'Meara, Nicky Cullum, E Andrea Nelson, Jo C Dumville

Abstract

Up to one percent of people in industrialised countries will suffer from a leg ulcer at some time. The majority of these leg ulcers are due to problems in the veins, resulting in an accumulation of blood in the legs. Leg ulcers arising from venous problems are called venous (or varicose or stasis) ulcers. The main treatment is the application of a firm compression garment (bandage or stocking) in order to aid venous return. There is a large number of compression garments available and it was unclear whether they are effective in treating venous ulcers and, if so, which method of compression is the most effective.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 <1%
United States 2 <1%
Spain 2 <1%
Turkey 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 727 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 112 15%
Student > Master 98 13%
Other 67 9%
Researcher 61 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 60 8%
Other 155 21%
Unknown 185 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 273 37%
Nursing and Health Professions 128 17%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 25 3%
Psychology 17 2%
Engineering 16 2%
Other 76 10%
Unknown 203 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 45. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 March 2022.
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#926,332
of 25,457,858 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#1,811
of 11,842 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#5,153
of 192,725 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#37
of 241 outputs
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