Non-healing wounds: The geriatric approach

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-226

  Jaul, Efraim ^a,b  

^a HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic wounds; Comprehensive multidisciplinary geriatric approach; Geriatric syndrome; Non healing wounds

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOETHICS; CHRONIC WOUND; COLOSTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIETITIAN; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEG ISCHEMIA; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; ULCER; WELLBEING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMPUTATION; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SKIN ULCER; SYNDROME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 67649794961     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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