Pressure ulcers risk assessment: Clinical practice in Spain and meta-analysis of scales effectiveness;Valoración del riesgo de desarrollar úlceras por presión: Uso clínico en Espanña y metaanálisis de la efectividad de las escalas

Gerokomos

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 84-98

  Pancorbo Hidalgo, Pedro I ^a   García Fernández, Francisco P ^b   Soldevilla Agreda, Javier J ^c   Martínez Cuervo, Fernando ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b Servicio Andaluz de Salud   (Spain)

^c Área de Gestión Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas Medicina Preventiva   (Spain)

^d Director del Centro Polivalente de Recursos para Personas Mayores La Vega   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Meta analysis; Pressure ulcers; Risk assessment scales; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRADEN SCALE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA EXTRACTION; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPAIN; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 47849083460     PISSN: 1134928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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