Pressure Sores

Current Problems in Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-143

  Bass, Michael J ^a   Phillips, Linda G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; BACLOFEN; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DANTROLENE; DIAZEPAM; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MAFENIDE; NEOMYCIN; PLACEBO; POLYMYXIN; POVIDONE IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORDOTOMY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DENERVATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EDEMA; ELDERLY CARE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROCOCCUS; MOBILIZATION; MOISTURE; NEURECTOMY; NONHUMAN; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN SURGERY; SOCIAL WORKER; SPASTICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRESS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TISSUE NECROSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WHEELCHAIR; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BEDS; DEBRIDEMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; ISCHIUM; NECROSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESSURE ULCER; SACRUM; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; VACUUM;

EID: 33947406386     PISSN: 00113840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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