| Literature DB >> 11933339 |
M D Whitfield1, E C Kaltenthaler, R L Akehurst, S J Walters, S Paisley.
Abstract
The prevalence of pressure ulcers has remained constant at about 7% over the past 20 years, even though considerable time and money has been invested in various prevention strategies. This literature review explores whether pressure-prevention programmes can reduce the prevalence rate still lower or whether they are working but are limited by an increasingly aged population and rising patient acuity.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID： 11933339 DOI： 10.12968/jowc.2000.9.6.25997
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Wound Care ISSN： 0969-0700 Impact factor: 2.072