Validity of pressure ulcer diagnosis using digital photography

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-290

  Baumgarten, Mona ^a   Margolis, David J ^b   Selekof, Joan L ^c   Moye, Nancy ^a   Jones, Patricia S ^a   Shardell, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDITY; WOUND HEALING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MARYLAND; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESSURE ULCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 62449331777     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2009.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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