Pressure ulcers: Analysis of guidelines for treatment and management

Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 55-60

  Cervo, Frank A ^a   Cruz, Abelardo C ^a   Posillico, Josephine A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; IODOPHOR; POVIDONE IODINE; SURFACTANT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

AGED; BANDAGES; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESSURE ULCER; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034058996     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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