Practice recommendations for preventing heel pressure ulcersi

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Fowler, Evonne ^a   Scott Williams, Suzy ^b   McGuire, James B ^c  

^a San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heel offloading device; Heel pressure ulcer; Heel protector device; Perioperative pressure ulcer

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049130534     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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