Moisture vs pressure: Making sense out of perineal wounds

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-142

  Gray, Mikel ^a,e   Bohacek, Linda ^b   Weir, Dot ^c   Zdanuk, Jan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Triumph Hospital   (United States)

^c Orlando Regional Healthcare   (United States)

^d Skin and Wound Care   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EXUDATE; FECES INCONTINENCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INJURY; LINGUISTICS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; ORGANIZATION; PERINEUM; PRESSURE; RISK FACTOR; URINE INCONTINENCE;

CONGRESSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; PERINEUM; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 34247137092     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.WON.0000264824.95860.9e     Document Type: Article

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