Comorbidity, frailty, and evolution of pressure ulcers in geriatrics

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  Donini, Lorenzo M ^a   De Felice, Maria Rosaria ^b   Tagliaccica, Angelo ^b   De Bernardini, Laura ^b   Cannella, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Geriatric Institute Villa delle Querce   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Elderly; Frailty; Pressure ulcers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULCER HEALING; ULCEROGENESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 22244466117     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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