A prospective study of the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH)

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-97

  Gardner, Sue E ^a,b   Frantz, Rita A ^a   Bergquist, Sandra ^c   Shin, Chingwei D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NURSING HOME; PRESSURE ULCER SCALE FOR HEALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN ULCER; ULCER HEALING;

EID: 14644411764     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.1.93     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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