Use of Pressure-Redistributing Support Surfaces Among Elderly Hip Fracture Patients Across the Continuum of Care: Adherence to Pressure Ulcer Prevention Guidelines

Purpose: To estimate the frequency of use of pressure-redistributing support surfaces (PRSS) among hip fracture patients and to determine whether higher pressure ulcer risk is associated with greater PRSS use. Design and Methods: Patients (n = 658) aged ≥65 years who had surgery for hip fracture wer...

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Hauptverfasser: Baumgarten, Mona, Margolis, David, Orwig, Denise, Hawkes, William, Rich, Shayna, Langenberg, Patricia, Shardell, Michelle, Palmer, Mary H., McArdle, Patrick, Sterling, Robert, Jones, Patricia S., Magaziner, Jay
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Oxford University Press 2010
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Pressure Ulcers
Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2838408/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19587108
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnp101
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