A new predictive indicator for development of pressure ulcers in bedridden patients based on common laboratory tests results

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 514-518

  Hatanaka, Noriko ^a,c   Yamamoto, Y ^a   Ichihara, K ^b   Mastuo, S ^a   Nakamura, Y ^a   Watanabe, M ^c   Iwatani, Y ^c  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADEN SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 42049103874     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2007.050195     Document Type: Article

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