Characteristics of hospitalised US veterans with nosocomial pressure ulcers

International Wound Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-51

  Goodell, Teresa Tarnowski ^a   Moskovitz, Zoe ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Serenity Hospice and Palliative Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Hospital acquired; Nosocomial; Pressure ulcer; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRADEN SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCYGEAL BONE; COMORBIDITY; DECUBITUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NOSOCOMIAL PRESSURE ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SACRUM; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; VETERANS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84872615332     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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