Pressure ulcer management: the importance of nutrition.
Nutrition plays an important role in pressure ulcer prevention and treatment. Nutrition assessment techniques and nutritional interventions for patients at risk for developing a pressure ulcer or who currently have pressure ulcers are essential components of quality patient care.
Ferguson
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Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories, Columbus, OH, USA.
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Rimmasch
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Bender
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Voss
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D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009752:Nutritional Status; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D014945:Wound Healing