Sudden increase in skin temperature predicts venous ulcers: A case study

Journal of Vascular Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 46-50

  Sayre, Elizabeth K ^a   Kelechi, Teresa J ^a   Neal, Diane ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; MORBID OBESITY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STANDARD; THERMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY; VARICOSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBESITY, MORBID; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 34548133007     PISSN: 10620303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvn.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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