Pressure ulcers: Avoidable or unavoidable? Results of the national pressure ulcer advisory panel consensus conference

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 24-37

  Black, Joyce M ^a   Edsberg, Laura E ^b,c   Baharestani, Mona M ^d,e   Langemo, Diane ^f   Goldberg, Margaret ^g   McNichol, Laurie ^h   Cuddigan, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Natural and Health Sciences Research Center   (United States)

^c DAEMEN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d James H Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^e East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^g Delray Medical Center   (United States)

^h MOSES CONE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

consensus conference; pressure ulcer; preventability; prevention

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

HUMANS; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 79952120274     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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