Prevalence of pressure ulcers in three university teaching hospitals in Ireland

Journal of Tissue Viability

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 103-109

  Gallagher, Paul ^a   Barry, Pat ^a   Hartigan, Irene ^b   McCluskey, Pat ^a   O'Connor, Kieran ^c   O'Connor, Mike ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c SOUTH INFIRMARY VICTORIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Pressure ulcer; Prevalence; Prevention; Teaching hospital

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLOTATION BED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL TEST; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 62849118977     PISSN: 0965206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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