Treatment of pressure ulcers: Results of a study comparing evidence and practice

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 60-72

  Helberg, Dorothea ^b   Mertens, Elke ^a   Halfens, Ruud Jg ^b   Dassen, Theo ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BED; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECUBITUS; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CARE; STANDARD; WOUND HEALING;

BANDAGES; BEDS; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN CARE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33750105570     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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