Nutrition management of pressure ulcers

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-60

  Doley, Jennifer ^a  

^a Nutritional Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Minerals; Nutrition therapy; Pressure ulcer; Trace elements; Vitamins; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCONATE COPPER; GLUTAMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYGEN; RETINOL; ZINC;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DECUBITUS; DEHYDRATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FLUID THERAPY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MACRONUTRIENT; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROTEIN INTAKE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77952664418     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533609359294     Document Type: Review

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