RISK ASSESSMENT TO PRESSURE ULCER DEVELOPMENT SCALES IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

To look for ways to evaluate the risk for pressure ulcer development like prevention was a researcher purpose whose created some instruments to predict the risk. The purpose this work was to compare the scales Braden and Waterlow pressure ulcer development power predictive. It was used a descriptive...

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Main Authors: Luciana Magnani Fernandes, Elizabeth Braz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2002-06-01
Series:Cogitare Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v7i1.32551