Pressure ulcer treatment in pediatric patients

Advances in Skin and Wound Care

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 504-510

  Schlüer, Anna Barbara ^a   Schols, Jos M G A ^b   Halfens, Ruud J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Negative pressure wound therapy; Pediatric nursing; Pressure ulcer; Wound care in pediatrics

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BANDAGE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE ULCER; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWITZERLAND; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BANDAGES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE ULCER; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN CARE; SWITZERLAND; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84888324522     PISSN: 15277941     EISSN: 15388654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000433103.55891.af     Document Type: Article

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