A prospective, descriptive study of characteristics associated with skin failure in critically ill adults

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 36-43

  Curry, Kim ^a   Kutash, Mary ^b   Chambers, Theresa ^c   Evans, Amy ^c   Holt, Molly ^c   Purcell, Stacey ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; nursing care; nursing clinical research; organ failure; skin physiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 84860819371     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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