Support surfaces for pressure ulcer prevention

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Mcinnes, Elizabeth ^a   Jammali Blasi, Asmara ^a   Bell Syer, Sally E M ^b   Dumville, Jo C ^c   Middleton, Victoria ^a   Cullum, Nicky ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATERIAL COATING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BED; META ANALYSIS; PRESSURE ULCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS;

BEDDING AND LINENS; BEDS; HUMANS; PRESSURE ULCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84964693634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001735.pub5     Document Type: Review

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