Risk factors for pressure ulcers in hospitalized elderly without significant cognitive impairment

Wounds

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-24

  Magalhaes, Marta G ^a   Gragnani, Alfredo ^a   Veiga, Daniela F ^a   Blanes, Leila ^a   Galhardo, Vitor A C ^a   Kallas, Henrique ^a   Juliano, Yara ^a   Ferreira, Lydia M ^a  

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Author keywords

Autolytic debridement; Compression stockings; Delayed wound healing; Diabetic foot wounds; Impaired wound healing; Mechanical debridement; Pressure dressing; Surgical debridement; Wound fibroblasts; Wound necrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846785494     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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