Sharon Myllenbeck
Biographic Data
| ID | 10876672 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon Myllenbeck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon |
| FAMILY NAME | Myllenbeck |
| SIGNATURE | MYLLENBECK S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mechanical restraints on the medical wards
We prospectively identified 102 mechanically restrained hospital patients and determined their hospital course. The cohort was elderly, cognitively impaired with multiple chronic diseases. The in-hospital mortality was 21 percent. Nosocomial infection developed in 12 percent and new pressure sores in 22 percent. Prolonged use of restraints (greater than 4 days) was the strongest independent predictor of nosocomial infection (relative risk 1.8, 95…
Mechanical restraints on the medical wards
We prospectively identified 102 mechanically restrained hospital patients and determined their hospital course. The cohort was elderly, cognitively impaired with multiple chronic diseases. The in-hospital mortality was 21 percent. Nosocomial infection developed in 12 percent and new pressure sores in 22 percent. Prolonged use of restraints (greater than 4 days) was the strongest independent predictor of nosocomial infection (relative risk 1.8, 95…
Mechanical restraints on the medical wards
We prospectively identified 102 mechanically restrained hospital patients and determined their hospital course. The cohort was elderly, cognitively impaired with multiple chronic diseases. The in-hospital mortality was 21 percent. Nosocomial infection developed in 12 percent and new pressure sores in 22 percent. Prolonged use of restraints (greater than 4 days) was the strongest independent predictor of nosocomial infection (relative risk 1.8, 95…
Cohort (1 work) · Cohort study (1 work) · Confidence interval (1 work) · Emergency Medicine (1 work) · Emergency Medicine (1 work) · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints (1 work) · Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring (1 work) · Internal Medicine (1 work) · Internal Medicine (1 work) · Logistic regression (1 work)