A prospective study of blanchable erythema among university hospital patients

International Wound Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 470-475

  Konishi, Chie ^a   Sugama, Junko ^b,d   Sanada, Hiromi ^c   Okuwa, Mayumi ^b   Konya, Chizuko ^b   Nishizawa, Tomoe ^c   Shimamura, Kimi ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Blanchable erythema; Cohort study; Pressure ulcer; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLANCHABLE ERYTHEMA; DECUBITUS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 45749123922     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2007.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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