Prevention of pressure sores in Palliative Care: Recomendations in evidence based medicine;Prevención de las úlceras por presión en Cuidados Paliativos: Recomendaciones basadas en la evidencia médica

Medicina Paliativa

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-54

  Elena Sorando, Elvira ^a,b   Benito Duque, P ^a   De Juan Huelves, A ^a   Arranz Lopez J L ^a   Garcia Martinez L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Hospital Virgen Vega (5a planta)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Palliative Care; Pressure sores; Prevention

Indexed keywords

BED REST; DECUBITUS; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT POSITIONING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CARE;

EID: 18744385230     PISSN: 1134248X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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