Incidence of pressure ulcers in a neurologic intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 283-290

  Fife, Caroline ^a,c   Otto, Gordon ^c,d   Capsuto, Elena G ^e   Brandt, Keith ^b   Lyssy, Karen ^f   Murphy, Kathy ^f   Short, Catherine ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Braden score; Critical care; Decubitus ulcer; Head injuries; Incontinence; Intensive care unit; Logistic regression; Skin ulcer; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCONTINENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN ULCER; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0035113411     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200102000-00011     Document Type: Article

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