More expensive surfaces are not always better

Kuwait Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-45

  Valente, Stephanie A ^a   Greenough III, William B ^b   DeMarco, Sharon L ^b   Andersen, Ross E ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gel fluid surfaces; Power air surfaces; Pressure sores

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BED; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEL MATTRESS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCER HEALING;

EID: 84857946483     PISSN: 00235776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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