A prospective, multicenter study to validate use of the pressure ulcer scale for healing (PUSH©) in patients with diabetic, venous, and pressure ulcers

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 26-36

  Hon, Janice ^a,b   Lagden, Karen ^a,c   McLaren, Ann Marie ^b   O'Sullivan, Deirdre ^d   Orr, Lyndsay ^e   Houghton, Pamela E ^a   Woodbury, M Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Riverside Health Care Facilities ^*

^d Cambridge Memorial Hospital ^*  (Canada)

^e Cambridge Memorial Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical study; Diabetic foot ulcers; Pressure ulcers; Venous ulcers; Wound assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY; VARICOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77749337728     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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