Prevalence and incidence rates of pressure ulcers in an emergency department

International Wound Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 386-391

  Dugaret, Elodie ^a   Videau, Marie Neige ^a   Faure, Isabelle ^a   Gabinski, Claude ^b   Bourdel Marchasson, Isabelle ^a   Salles, Nathalie ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Pôle de Médecine et Urgences   (France)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Emergency wards; Incidence; Pressure ulcers

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DECUBITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEEL; HIP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SACRUM; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904425729     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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