Monitoring healing of pressure ulcers: A review of assessment instruments for use in the spinal cord unit

Spinal Cord

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-99

  Van Lis, M S ^a   Van Asbeck, F W A ^b   Post, M W M ^b  

^a BovenIJ Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pressure ulcer; Review; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; STAGING; ULCER HEALING; VALIDITY; WOUND HEALING;

HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRESSURE ULCER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 76649133756     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2009.146     Document Type: Review

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