Deep tissue injury from a bioengineering point of view

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 26-36

  Gefen, Amit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECUBITUS; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRENGTH; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECROSIS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESSURE ULCER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHEAR STRENGTH; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67549134499     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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