The Braden Scale cannot be used alone for assessing pressure ulcer risk in surgical patients: A meta-analysis

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 34-40

  He, Wei ^a   Liu, Peng ^a   Chen, Hong Lin ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Braden Scale; meta analysis; predictive validity; pressure ulcer; surgical patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY;

HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84863169597     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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