Do vascular risk factors contribute to the prevalence of pressure ulcer in veterans with spinal cord injury?

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-51

  Rabadi, Meheroz Hoshang ^a   Vincent, Andrea S ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pressure ulcer; Spinal cord injury; Vascular risk factors

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DECUBITUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCONTINENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VETERAN; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OKLAHOMA; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VETERANS;

EID: 79953057483     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/107902610X12923394765652     Document Type: Article

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