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A Study of the Factors Associated with Risk for Development of Pressure Ulcers: A Longitudinal Analysis

BACKGROUND: Pressure ulcers (PUs) are prevalent in hospitalized patients; they may cause clinical, psychological, and economic problems in these patients. Previous studies are cross-sectional, have used pooled data, or cox-regression models to assess the risk for developing PU. However, PU risk scor...

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Autores principales: Thomas, Elizebeth, Vinodkumar, Sudhaya, Mathew, Silvia, Setia, Maninder Singh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26677269
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.169127