Preexisting risk factors in intensive care patients with pressure ulcers;Vorbestehendes risikoprofil und dekubitalulzera im intensivmedizinischen bereich

Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 270-274

  Kroger K ^a   Stausberg, J ^b   Maier, I ^b   Schneider, H ^b   Niebel, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Pressure ulcer; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEVER; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOALGESIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 19944424122     PISSN: 01753851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00390-005-0561-5     Document Type: Article

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