Skin tears: guard against this enemy of frail skin.

Nursing Management

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 25-32

  Baranoski, Sharon ^a  

^a Silver Cross Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; SKIN CARE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN CARE; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 2642532107     PISSN: 07446314     EISSN: 15388670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006247-200108000-00010     Document Type: Article

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