A prospective study of nurse and patient education on compliance with sequential compression devices

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 921-923

  Stewart, David ^a   Zalamea, Nia ^a   Waxman, Kenneth ^a,b   Schuster, Rob ^a   Bozuk, Michael ^a  

^a SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL WARD; BANDAGE; EDUCATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVENTION STUDY; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TEACHING; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

BANDAGES; EDUCATION, NURSING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEACHING MATERIALS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33750736067     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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