Pressure ulcers among elderly patients early in the hospital stay

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 749-754

  Baumgarten, Mona ^a   Margolis, David J ^b   Localio, A Russell ^b   Kagan, Sarah H ^c   Lowe, Robert A ^d   Kinosian, Bruce ^b   Holmes, John H ^b   Abbuhl, Stephanie B ^b   Kavesh, William ^e   Ruffin, Althea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECUBITUS; DRY SKIN; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33746649034     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.7.749     Document Type: Article

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