Prevalence, risk factors and prevention of pressure ulcers in Dutch intensive care units - Results of a cross-sectional survey

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1599-1605

  Bours, G ^a   Laat, E ^b   Halfens, R ^a   Lubbers, M ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical care; Cross sectional studies; Decubitus ulcers; Occurrence research; Pressure ulcers; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BED REST; BEDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NUTRITION DISORDERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0034754403     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340101061     Document Type: Article

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