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The prevalence of pain at pressure areas and pressure ulcers in hospitalised patients

BACKGROUND: Patients with pressure ulcers (PUs) report that pain is their most distressing symptom, but there are few PU pain prevalence studies. We sought to estimate the prevalence of unattributed pressure area related pain (UPAR pain) which was defined as pain, soreness or discomfort reported by...

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Autores principales: Briggs, Michelle, Collinson, Michelle, Wilson, Lyn, Rivers, Carly, McGinnis, Elizabeth, Dealey, Carol, Brown, Julia, Coleman, Susanne, Stubbs, Nikki, Stevenson, Rebecca, Nelson, E Andrea, Nixon, Jane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23902583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6955-12-19