How I explore... A pressure ulcer;Comment j'explore... Une escarre de décubitus

Revue Medicale de Liege

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 535-537

  Devillers, C ^a   Pierard Franchimont C ^a,c   Giet Lesuisse, M ^b   Pierard G E ^c,d  

^a Centre Hospitalier Hutois   (Belgium)

^b Centre Hospitalier Regional de La Citadelle   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Ischemia; Pressure; Wound

Indexed keywords

DECUBITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

HUMANS; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 70350236896     PISSN: 00353663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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