Long-term invasive measurement of subcutaneous oxygen partial pressure above the sacrum on lying healthy volunteers

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 542-547

  Völker, Hans Ullrich ^a   Röper, Gerhard ^a   Sterk, Jürgen ^a   Willy, Christian ^a  

^a Military Hospital Ulm   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERFACE PRESSURE; ISCHEMIA; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; SACRUM; SKIN ULCER; TISSUE INJURY;

ADULT; HUMANS; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE ULCER; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 33749150352     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2006.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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