Pressure ulcer prevalence across welsh orthopaedic units and community hospitals: Surveys based on the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel minimum data set

International Wound Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 147-152

  James, Jane ^a   Evans, Julie A ^b   Young, Trudie ^c   Clark, Michael ^d  

^a HYWEL DDA UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community hospitals; Orthopaedics; Pressure ulcer prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DECUBITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC WARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WARD; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORTHOPEDICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE ULCER; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORTHOPEDICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WALES;

EID: 77952689470     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2010.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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