TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving outcomes in the elderly after pressure ulcer repair.
AU - Black, J.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Pressure ulcer repair with skin or muscle flaps may appear to close the wound, but elderly patients need extra precautions before and after surgery to improve the outcome. Nursing care of these patients include monitoring nutrition, removing devitalized tissue from the wound bed, providing proper pressure relief, administering proper patient positioning, and monitoring the flap.
AB - Pressure ulcer repair with skin or muscle flaps may appear to close the wound, but elderly patients need extra precautions before and after surgery to improve the outcome. Nursing care of these patients include monitoring nutrition, removing devitalized tissue from the wound bed, providing proper pressure relief, administering proper patient positioning, and monitoring the flap.
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U2 - 10.1097/00006527-200020030-00004
DO - 10.1097/00006527-200020030-00004
M3 - Article
C2 - 12024640
AN - SCOPUS:0034285975
SN - 0741-5206
VL - 20
SP - 139-140, 156
JO - Plastic surgical nursing : official journal of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Nurses
JF - Plastic surgical nursing : official journal of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Nurses
IS - 3
ER -