Developing and evaluating outcomes of an evidence-based protocol for the treatment of osteomyelitis in stage IV pressure ulcers

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 42-53

  Brem, Harold ^c   Rennert, Robert ^d   Golinko, Michael ^d   Yan, Alan ^d   Flattau, Anna ^a   Tomic Canic, Marjana ^b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d School of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CARE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEBRIDEMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 67649227998     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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