Pressure ulcer risk assessment: Sensitivity and specificity properties of the portuguese version of Waterlow scale;Avaliação de risco de úlcera por pressão: Propriedades de medida da versão em português da escala de Waterlow

ACTA Paulista de Enfermagem

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-150

  Rocha, Alessandra Bongiovani Lima ^a,c   De Barros, Sonia Maria Oliveira ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Nossa Senhora de Lourdes   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nursing assessment methods; Pressure ulcer; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548092723     PISSN: 01032100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-21002007000200006     Document Type: Article

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