Body Mass Index and Pressure Ulcers: Improved Predictability of Pressure Ulcers in Intensive Care Patients

BACKGROUND: Obesity contributes to immobility and subsequent pressure on skin surfaces. Knowledge of the relationship between obesity and development of pressure ulcers in intensive care patients will provide better understanding of which patients are at high risk for pressure ulcers and allow more...

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I publikationen:Am J Crit Care
Huvudupphovsmän: Hyun, Sookyung, Li, Xiaobai, Vermillion, Brenda, Newton, Cheryl, Fall, Monica, Kaewprag, Pacharmon, Moffatt-Bruce, Susan, Lenz, Elizabeth R.
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: 2014
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Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4385001/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25362673
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2014535
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