Evaluation of four non-invasive methods for examination and characterization of pressure ulcers

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-276

  Andersen, Ellen Sloth ^a   Karlsmark, Tonny ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Pressure ulcers; Redness index; Skin elasticity; Skin temperature; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DERMATOLOGY; ELASTICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

EARLY INTERVENTION; ECHOGENIC; ELASTICITY MEASUREMENTS; LAYER THICKNESSES; NON-INVASIVE METHODS; NON-INVASIVE TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE ULCERS; REDNESS INDEX; REFERENCE LOCATION; REFERENCE POINTS; SKIN ELASTICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURES; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND SCANNING;

SKIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN REDNESS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STAGING; STRATUM CORNEUM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORIMETRY; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 48349111466     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2008.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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