Pressure ulcers in elderly patients with hip fracture across the continuum of care: Clinical investigations

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 863-870

  Baumgarten, Mona ^a,b   Margolis, David J ^b   Orwig, Denise L ^b   Shardell, Michelle D ^b   Hawkes, William G ^b   Langenberg, Patricia ^b   Palmer, Mary H ^d   Jones, Patricia S ^b   McArdle, Patrick F ^b   Sterling, Robert ^a   Kinosian, Bruce P ^c   Rich, Shayna E ^b   Sowinski, Janice ^e   Magaziner, Jay ^b  

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

^b Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Hospitals; Pressure ulcers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65449179174     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02245.x     Document Type: Article

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