Can the use of an early mobility program reduce the incidence of pressure ulcers in a surgical critical care unit?

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-140

  Dickinson, Sharon ^a   Tschannen, Dana ^a   Shever, Leah L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

activity programs; acute phase mediators; cytokines; mobility programs; pressure ulcers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED REST; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECUBITUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDEPENDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MOBILIZATION; MORTALITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84871792576     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: 15505111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CNQ.0b013e31827538a1     Document Type: Article

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