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There are now increasing numbers of patients who survive serious illness or the multiple pathology of disease in old age and who are very much at risk in the development of pressure sores. There is indeed a serious epidemic but it remains a silent one hidden under the sheets.
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Pressure Sores Among Hospitalized Patients
Richard M. Allman, Carol A. Laprade, Linda B. Noel et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1986 · 426 citations