Pressure-relieving devices for treating heel pressure ulcers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Mcginnis, Elizabeth ^a   Stubbs, Nikki ^b  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECUBITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; PATIENT COMFORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; BED; HEEL; ORTHOSIS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEDDING AND LINENS; BEDS; FOOT ULCER; HEEL; HUMANS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PRESSURE ULCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84907652065     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005485.pub3     Document Type: Review

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