Predictive Factors for Pressure Ulcers in an Older Adult Population Hospitalized for Hip Fractures: A Prognostic Cohort Study

Paolo Chiari; Cristiana Forni; Monica Guberti; Domenica Gazineo; Sabrina Ronzoni; Fabio D’Alessandro

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169909

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Predictive Factors for Pressure Ulcers in an Older Adult Population Hospitalized for Hip Fractures: A Prognostic Cohort Study

Paolo Chiari ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Chiari, Cristiana Forni, Monica Guberti, Domenica Gazineo, Sabrina Ronzoni, Fabio D’Alessandro

* E-mail: paolo.chiari@unibo.it

Affiliation Dipartimento Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1629-3410

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Cristiana Forni ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Chiari, Cristiana Forni, Monica Guberti, Domenica Gazineo, Sabrina Ronzoni, Fabio D’Alessandro

Affiliation Centro ricerca professioni sanitarie, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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Monica Guberti ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Chiari, Cristiana Forni, Monica Guberti, Domenica Gazineo, Sabrina Ronzoni, Fabio D’Alessandro

Affiliation Ricerca & EBP, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Domenica Gazineo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Chiari, Cristiana Forni, Monica Guberti, Domenica Gazineo, Sabrina Ronzoni, Fabio D’Alessandro

Affiliation Centro Studi EBN, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Sabrina Ronzoni ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Chiari, Cristiana Forni, Monica Guberti, Domenica Gazineo, Sabrina Ronzoni, Fabio D’Alessandro

Affiliation Ricerca & EBP, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Fabio D’Alessandro

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Chiari, Cristiana Forni, Monica Guberti, Domenica Gazineo, Sabrina Ronzoni, Fabio D’Alessandro

Affiliation Centro ricerca professioni sanitarie, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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Predictive Factors for Pressure Ulcers in an Older Adult Population Hospitalized for Hip Fractures: A Prognostic Cohort Study

Paolo Chiari,
Cristiana Forni,
Monica Guberti,
Domenica Gazineo,
Sabrina Ronzoni,
Fabio D’Alessandro

Published: January 9, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169909

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