Assessment and management of pressure ulcers in the elderly: Current strategies

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 311-325

  Jaul, Efraim ^a,b  

^a HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIURETIC AGENT; LEVOTHYROXINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGING; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; COMORBIDITY; CONTRACTURE; COURSE EVALUATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; EMOTIONALITY; EXUDATE; FAMILY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMOBILIZATION; INFECTION; LEG EDEMA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODOR; PAIN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPASTICITY; URINE INCONTINENCE; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77950635916     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11318340-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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