Publication details

Dekubitus-komplexní pohled geriatra

Title in English Decubital ulcer-from a geriatrician perspective
Authors

MELUZÍNOVÁ Hana WEBER Pavel KUBEŠOVÁ Hana NAVRÁTILOVÁ Zuzana

Year of publication 2007
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Interní medicína pro praxi
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Other specializations of internal medicine
Keywords decubital ulcers;malnutrition;ethiopathogenesis;complications;clinical pictures;prevention;treatment
Description Decubital ulcer belongs to important problems of geriatric medicine because 70% of all decubital ulcers manifests in patients older than 70 years. It has a tight relation to immobilization syndrome that together with instability, incontinence and intelectual disorders belong to "great geriatric syndromes".

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