Open AccessBurden and outcomes of pressure ulcers in cancer patients receiving the Kerala model of home based palliative care in India: Results from a prospective observational study
Author(s) -
Biji M Sankaran,
Santam Chakraborty,
Vijay Patil,
Sindhu N Raghavan,
Shibimol Thomas,
Subhradev Sen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.156469
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , palliative care , logistic regression , cohort , prospective cohort study , cohort study , cancer , informed consent , emergency medicine , nursing , alternative medicine , pathology
To report the prevalence and outcomes of pressure ulcers (PU) seen in a cohort of cancer patients requiring home-based palliative care.