TY - JOUR T1 - A severity score comprising patient age, ulcer chronicity, and venous refill time predicted venous leg ulcer healing at 24 weeks JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 122 LP - 122 DO - 10.1136/ebn.10.4.122 VL - 10 IS - 4 A2 - , Y1 - 2007/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/10/4/122.abstract N2 - Kulkarni SR, Gohel MS, Wakely C, et al. The Ulcerated Leg Severity Assessment score for prediction of venous leg ulcer healing. Br J Surg 2007;94:189–93.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science Q Can a simple scoring system predict wound healing in patients with chronic venous ulceration?Design:separate cohorts were used to develop and validate the scoring system.Setting:an open access, nurse-led leg ulcer service in Gloucestershire, UK.Patients:patients with open leg ulceration lasting >4 weeks, an ankle–brachial pressure index ⩾0.85, and superficial venous reflux alone or mixed superficial and deep venous reflux on duplex imaging. Exclusion criteria were deep reflux only or occluded deep veins and inability to conduct plethysmography. The derivation cohort included 229 patients (median age 73 y, 58% women) who participated in the Effect of Surgery and Compression on Healing and Recurrence (ESCHAR) study, and the validation cohort included 86 patients (median … ER -