Vitamin C depletion and pressure sores.
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Vitamin C depletion and pressure sores in elderly patients with femoral neck fracture.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the contribution of specific nutritional deficiencies (as indicated by zinc; vitamin A, C, and E; albumin; and haemoglobin concentrations) to the risk of pressure sores. DESIGN Observational cohort study. SETTING St James's University Hospital, Leeds. SUBJECTS 21 elderly patients presenting consecutively to the orthopaedic unit with femoral neck fracture. MAIN OUTC...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.305.6866.1433-a