Pressure ulcers in long-term care

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-258

  White Chu, E Foy ^a,b   Flock, Petra ^c,d   Struck, Bryan ^e,f   Aronson, Louise ^g  

^a Hebrew Senior Life ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Summit ElderCare   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decubitus ulcers; Elderly; Geriatric; Management; Pressure ulcers

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CADEXOMER IODINE; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; SILVER DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN; ZINC;

AGE; CHRONIC WOUND; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DECUBITUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFECTION; LAW SUIT; LONG TERM CARE; MOISTURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WOUND CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79957924779     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2011.02.001     Document Type: Review

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