Care of the obese patient with pressure ulcers

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-118

  Knudsen, Anne Marie ^a   Gallagher, Susan ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SIZEWise Rentals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYMENT; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NURSE; OBESITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SKIN CARE; SKIN ULCER; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPIROMETER; STOMACH BYPASS; ULCER; VERTIGO; WEIGHT REDUCTION; MORBID OBESITY; NURSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; PRESSURE ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0038313050     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjw.2003.26     Document Type: Article

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