Category i pressure ulcers how reliable is clinical assessment?

Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-205

  Sterner, E ^a,b   Lindholm, C ^c   Berg, E ^a   Stark, A ^a,b   Fossum, B ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Red Cross University College   (Sweden)

^d Sweden Karolinska Institutet Department of Clinical Sciences Danderyd Hospital Stressrehab FoU Danderyd   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DECUBITUS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79958754651     PISSN: 07446020     EISSN: 1542538X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NOR.0b013e318219ae77     Document Type: Article

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