Development and validation of a pressure ulcer risk assessment tool for acute hospital patients

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-37

  Page, Karen Nicola ^a   Barker, Anna Lucia ^b,c   Kamar, Jeannette ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRADEN SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTON SCALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; WATERLOW SCALE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE ULCER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE;

EID: 78751498288     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2010.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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