Quality indicators for prevention and management of pressure ulcers in vulnerable elders

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 8 I, 2001, Pages 744-751

  Bates Jensen, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPTICEMIA; TISSUE NECROSIS; ULCER HEALING; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0035899843     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-135-8_part_2-200110161-00014     Document Type: Article

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