Pressure ulcers and prognosis: Candid conversations about healing and death

Geriatrics

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 6-9

  Takahashi, Paul Y ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Debridement; Devitalized tissue; Elderly; Mortality; Necrotic material; Osteomyelitis; Pressure ulcers; Wound characteristics; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CELLULITIS; COMORBIDITY; DECUBITUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; WOUND HEALING; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ELDERLY CARE; STANDARD; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; PRESSURE ULCER; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 58149154975     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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