Pressure ulcers: Effectiveness of risk-assessment tools. A randomised controlled trial (the ULCER trial)

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 297-306

  Webster, Joan ^a   Coleman, Kerrie ^a   Mudge, Alison ^a   Marquart, Louise ^a   Gardner, Glenn ^a,b   Stankiewicz, Monica ^a   Kirby, Julie ^a   Vellacott, Catherine ^a   Horton Breshears, Margaret ^a   McClymont, Alice ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953775175     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.043109     Document Type: Article

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