The Japanese pressure ulcer surveillance study: A retrospective cohort study to determine prevalence of pressure ulcers in Japanese hospitals

Wounds

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 176-182

  Sanada, Hiromi ^a   Miyachi, Yoshiki ^b   Ohura, Takehiko ^b   Moriguchi, Takahiko ^b   Tokunaga, Keiko ^b   Shido, Koichi ^b   Nakagami, Gojiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autolytic debridement; Compression stockings; Delayed wound healing; Diabetic foot wounds; Impaired wound healing; Mechanical debridement; Pressure dressing; Surgical debridement; Wound fibroblasts; Wound necrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749141667     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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