Evidence supporting the use of two-hourly turning for pressure ulcer prevention

Journal of Tissue Viability

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 76-81

  Hagisawa, Satsue ^a   Ferguson Pell, Martin ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO HEALTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence; Pressure ulcers; Prevention; Two hourly turning

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DECUBITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICAL NURSING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TWO HOURLY TURNING; WHEELCHAIR FITTING;

CAUSALITY; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; POSTURE; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER; SKIN CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62849123070     PISSN: 0965206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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