Altered Skin Integrity in Children Admitted to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 62-67

  Zollo, Mary Bess ^a   Gostisha, Mary Lou ^b   Berens, Richard J ^a   Schmidt, Jeffrey E ^a   Weigle, Carl G M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Decubitus ulcer; Pediatric; Pediatric intensive care; Pressure sore; Race; Severity of illness; Skin breakdown; Skin integrity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ULCER; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN ULCER; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0030344666     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-199612000-00010     Document Type: Article

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