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Evaluating optimal patient-turning procedures for reducing hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (LS-HAPU): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Pressure ulcers are insidious complications that affect approximately 2.5 million patients and account for approximately US$11 billion in annual health care spending each year. To date we are unaware of any study that has used a wearable patient sensor to quantify patient movement and po...

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Autores principales: Pickham, David, Ballew, Betsy, Ebong, Kristi, Shinn, Julie, Lough, Mary E., Mayer, Barbara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4823913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27053145
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1313-5