The unavoidable pressure ulcer: A retrospective case series

Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 359-363

  Levine, Jeffrey M ^a   Humphrey, Sherry ^a   Lebovits, Sarah ^a   Fogel, Joyce ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

EID: 70350347737     PISSN: 10796533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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