High-grade pressure sores in frail older high-risk persons - A retrospective post mortem case-control-study;Höhergradige dekubitalulzera bei betagten pflegebedürftigen hochrisiko-personen: Eine post mortem fall-kontroll-studie

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-85

  Von Renteln Kruse, W ^a   Krause, T ^a   Anders, J ^a   Kuhl M ^a   Heinemann, A ^b   Puschel K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

High grade pressure sores; High risk frail old pesons; Post mortem case control study

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CADAVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFORMED CONSENT; JOINT CONTRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORTON SCALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEATH; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE ULCER; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2442632411     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-004-0218-1     Document Type: Article

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