Pressure sores in intensive care: defining their incidence and associated factors and assessing the utility of two pressure sore risk assessment tools

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 24-30

  Boyle, Martin ^a   Green, Malcolm ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035262190     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1036-7314(01)80019-9     Document Type: Article

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