Location-dependent depth and undermining formation of pressure ulcers

Journal of Tissue Viability

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 63-67

  Takahashi, Yoshiko ^a   Isogai, Zenzo ^b   Mizokami, Fumihiro ^b   Furuta, Katsunori ^b   Nemoto, Tetsuya ^b   Kanoh, Hiroyuki ^c,d   Yoneda, Masahiko ^a  

^a AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Hirano General Hospital   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pressure ulcer; Ulcer location; Undermining

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BACK; CALCANEUS; COCCYGEAL BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DECUBITUS; EAR CARTILAGE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FINGER PHALANX; FOOT ULCER; GREATER TROCHANTER; HEEL; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; ISCHIUM; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METATARSAL BONE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRUM; SHOULDER; SKULL; ULCER HEALING;

PRESSURE ULCER; ULCER LOCATION; UNDERMINING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BACK; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84880282567     PISSN: 0965206X     EISSN: 18764746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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