Risk factors for pressure sores in the critically ill

Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 221-224

  Theaker, C ^a   Mannan, M ^a   Ives, N ^a   Soni, N ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Critically ill; Decubitus ulcer; Pressure sores; Risk assessment; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECUBITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FECES INCONTINENCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034100788     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01216.x     Document Type: Article

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