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Characteristics of Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer and Factors Affecting Its Development: A Retrospective Study

Background Worldwide, pressure ulcers (PUs) have been implicated in costing billions annually, with 60,000 deaths out of 2.5 million hospitalized patients resulting from complications related to PU. The prevention of PU reduces the incidence of other illnesses, decreases the financial costs, and imp...

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Autores principales: Mortada, Hatan, Malatani, Nader, Awan, Basim A, Aljaaly, Hattan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7793541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33437547
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11992