Prediction of the pressure ulcer development in elderly women using the Braden Scale;Validez de la escala de Braden para predecir úlceras por presión en población femenina

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 595-600

  Blümel M, Juan E ^a   Tirado G, Karina ^a   Schiele M, Claudia ^a   Schönffeldt F, Gabriela ^a   Sarrá C, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aged; Decubitus ulcer; Skin ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULCER; ULCEROGENESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 12544253954     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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