Pressure injuries to the skin in a neonatal unit: Fact or fiction

Journal of Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 129-137

  August, Deanne L ^a   Edmonds, Liza ^a   Brown, David K ^a   Murphy, Megan ^a   Kandasamy, Yogavijayan ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infant; Neonate; Pressure injury; Pressure ulcer; Skin breakdown

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899659494     PISSN: 13551841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnn.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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