Screening for pressure ulcer risk in an acute care hospital: Development of a brief bedside scale

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 498-504

  Perneger, Thomas V ^a,b   Raë, Anne Claire ^a   Gaspoz, Jean Michel ^a   Borst, François ^a   Vitek, Olga ^b   Héliot, Céliane ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute care hospitals; Prediction scales; Pressure ulcers; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRICTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SHEAR STRESS; SKIN ULCER; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036234251     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00514-5     Document Type: Article

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