Pressure ulcers and nutritional deficits in elderly long-term care patients : effects of a comprehensive nutritional program on pressure ulcer healing, length of hospital stay and charges to patients
The elderly are at the highest risk of developing pressure ulcers that result in prolonged hospitalization, high health care costs, increased mortality, and decreased quality of life. The burden of pressure ulcers will intensify because of a rapidly increasing elderly population in the United States...
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FIU Digital Commons
2010
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| Online Access: | http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1095 http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2229&context=etd |