Statement of the European pressure ulcer advisory panel - Pressure ulcer classification. Differentiation between pressure ulcers and moisture lesions

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 302-306

  Defloor, Tom ^a,b   Schoonhoven, Lisette ^a   Fletcher, Jacqui ^a   Furtado, Katia ^a   Heyman, Hilde ^a   Lubbers, Maarten ^a   Witherow, Ann ^a   Bale, Sue ^a   Bellingeri, Andrea ^a   Cherry, George ^a   Clark, Michael ^a   Colin, Denis ^a   Dassen, Theo ^a   Dealey, Carol ^a   Gulacsi, Laszlo ^a   Haalboom, Jeen ^a   Halfens, Ruud ^a   Hietanen, Helvi ^a   Lindholm, Christina ^a   Moore, Zena ^a   Romanelli, Marco ^a   Soriano, Jose Verdú ^a   more..

^a Nursing Science Ghent University ^*

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 26844490620     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00152192-200509000-00006     Document Type: Review

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3. Defloor T, Schoonhoven L. Interrater and Intrarater Reliability of the EPUAP Pressure Ulcer Classification System. Paper presented at the 2004 Second World Union of Wound Healing Societies' Meeting, July 8-13, 2004; Paris, France (pp. 56).
4. De Laat HEW, Scholte op Reimer WJM, van Achterberg T. Pressure ulcers: diagnostics and interventions aimed at wound-related complaints: a review of the literature. J Clin Nurs. 2005;14:464-472.