Prognosis of stage I pressure ulcers and related factors

International Wound Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-362

  Sato, Miwa ^a   Sanada, Hiromi ^b,d   Konya, Chizuko ^c   Sugama, Junko ^c   Nakagami, Gojiro ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER EAST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep tissue injury; Descriptive study; Pressure ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NURSING INTERVENTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY; ULCER HEALING;

EID: 33845611568     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2006.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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