Title: Validity of the Waterlow screening tool and risks for pressure injury in acute care
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Validity of the Waterlow scale and risk of pressure injury in acute care.
AIM To assess the validity of the Waterlow screening tool in a cohort of internal medicine patients and to identify factors contributing to pressure injury. METHOD A longitudinal cohort study design was used. A total of 274 patients (mean age 65.3 years) admitted through the emergency department or outpatient clinics of a tertiary hospital in Brisbane, Australia, and expected to remain in hos...
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