Pressure ulcers in intensive care patients: A review of risks and prevention

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1379-1388

  Keller, Paul B ^a   Wille, Jan ^b   Van Ramshorst, Bert ^b   Van der Werken, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Incidence; Intensive care; Pressure ulcers; Prevalence; Risk assessment; Risk assessment scales

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; FECES INCONTINENCE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; MOISTURE; OPERATION DURATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN ULCER; STANDARD; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION;

APACHE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NETHERLANDS; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036392476     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1487-z     Document Type: Review

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