Pressure ulcers: Prevention, evaluation, and management

American Family Physician

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Bluestein, Daniel ^a   Javaheri, Ashkan ^b,c  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BECAPLERMIN; DIAMORPHINE; EMLA; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS; AMYLOIDOSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DEVICE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOCARDITIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FOAM; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; HYDROGEL; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENINGITIS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SHEAR STRESS; ULTRASOUND; URETHRA FISTULA; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND IRRIGATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BED; HOSPITALIZATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BANDAGES; BEDDING AND LINENS; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 58149188549     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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