Concepedia

The Effect of Pressure Ulcers on Length of Hospital Stay

Francis Birrell, Nicholas Graves, Michael Whitby

Centre for Health Research; Faculty of Health · 2005 · 206 citations · 8 references

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Calculating the risk: reflections on the Norton Scale.

D Norton · PubMed · 1989 · 389 citations

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Pressure ulcers, hospital complications, and disease severity: impact on hospital costs and length of stay.

Richard M. Allman, Patricia S. Goode, Nickie M. Burst et al. · PubMed · 1999 · 273 citations

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The Epidemiology of Pressure Sores

Nora Petersen, Sven Bittmann · Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · 1971 · 136 citations

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Balancing the pressure ulcer cost and quality equation.

Becky Kuhn, Steffanie Coulter · PubMed · 1993 · 80 citations

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Risk-assessment scores, prevention strategies, and the incidence of pressure ulcers among the elderly in four Canadian health-care facilities.

Donna Goodridge, Jeff A. Sloan, Yvonne M. LeDoyen et al. · PubMed · 1998 · 56 citations

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