Nanocrystalline-Coated Silver Dressings for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes after Surgical Coronary Revascularization

Monika Parys1, Tomasz Jaźwiec, Anetta Kowalczuk-Wieteska

  • 1In the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart and Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Support, at the Silesian Center for Heart Disease, in Zabrze, Poland, Monika Parys, BSN, RN, is Head Nurse; Tomasz Jaźwiec, MD, is a cardiac surgery resident; Anetta Kowalczuk-Wieteska, PhD, MD, is Senior Assistant; Iwona Majchrzyk, RN, is a nurse; Halina Gancarczyk, RN, is a nurse; Aleksandra Skoczeń, RN, is a nurse; Julita Kumor, RN, is a nurse; Monika Mijacz, RN, is a nurse; Krzysztof Kubacki, MD, is a physician; Michał Oskar Zembala, MD, is Chief; and Marian Zembala, MD, is Director. Acknowledgments: This study was supported by grants from the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice: KNW-1-167 / N / 3/0, KNW-1-166 / N / 4/0, and KNW-1-210 / N / 6 / K. The authors have disclosed no other financial relationships related to this article. Submitted March 24, 2019; accepted in revised form May 31, 2019.

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