Guideline implementation results in a decrease of pressure ulcer incidence in critically ill patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 815-820

  De Laat, Erik H ^a   Pickkers, Peter ^a   Schoonhoven, Lisette ^a   Verbeek, André L ^a   Feuth, Ton ^a   Van Achterberg, Theo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Decubitus ulcer; Guidelines adherence; Guidelines implementation; Incidence; Support surfaces

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DECUBITUS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; BEDS; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESSURE ULCER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 33947117050     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000257072.10313.56     Document Type: Article

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