Quantitative assessment of pressure relief at the sacral area in adults lying supine on the operating room table

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 313-319

  Masatsugu, Miyoko ^a   Akata, Takashi ^b   Itonaga, Yasuhiro ^a   Nakao, Fumiya ^a   Kansha, Masumi ^a   Sato, Michiko ^a   Takamatsu, Jun ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interface pressure; Intraoperative complication; Pressure relief; Pressure ulcers

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; BED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; PRESSURE; SACRUM; SUPINE POSITION;

BEDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER; SACRUM; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 17144408024     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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