Assessment and Management of Chronic Pressure Ulcers in the Elderly

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 925-944

  Garcia, Aimée Dinorah ^a   Thomas, David R ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC WOUND; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; FRICTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MOISTURE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRESSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN AGING;

EID: 33748322059     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2006.05.018     Document Type: Review

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