Abstract
Objective To evaluate whether risk assessment scalescan be used to identify patients who are likely to getpressure ulcers.Design Prospective cohort study.Setting Two large hospitals in the Netherlands.Participants 1229 patients admitted to the surgical,internal, neurological, or geriatric wards betweenJanuary 1999 and June 2000.Main outcome measure Occurrence of a pressureulcer of grade
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