Controversies about the decubitus ulcer

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-91

  Parish, Lawrence Charles ^a,c   Witkowski, Joseph A ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUIDIZED BED; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MASSAGE; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NUTRITION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 1242306486     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8635(03)00108-6     Document Type: Review

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