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AHRQ Technical Reviews and Summaries, AHCPR Supported Clinical Practice Guidelines, Quick Reference Guide, Consumer Guides (English), Consumer Guides (Spanish), AIDSInfo AHCPR Supported Quick Reference Guide 3. Pressure Ulcers in Adults: Prediction and Prevention Pressure Ulcers in Adults: Prediction and Prevention Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians No. 3. AHCPR Pub. No. 92-0050: May 1992 Attention CliniciansThe Clinical Practice Guideline on which this Quick Reference Guide for
Clinicians is based was developed by an interdisciplinary, non-Federal
panel comprised of health care professionals and a consumer
representative. Panel members were:
For a description of the guideline development process and information about the sponsoring agency (Agency for Health Care Policy and Research), see the Clinical Practice Guideline, Pressure Ulcers in Adults: Prediction and Prevention (AHCPR Publication No. 92-0047), Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, May 1992. To receive additional copies of the Clinical Practice Guideline, which includes this Quick Reference Guide (AHCPR Publication No. 92-0050), and a patient booklet (AHCPR Publication No. 92-0048), call toll free 1-800-358-9295 or write the AHCPR Publications Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 8547, Silver Spring, MD 20907. AHCPR invites comments and suggestions from users for consideration in development and updating of future guidelines. Please send written comments to Director, Office of the Forum for Quality and Effectiveness in Health Care, AHCPR, Executive Office Center, Suite 401, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, MD 20852. Note: This Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians contains excerpts from the Clinical Practice Guideline, but users should not rely on these excerpts alone. Clinicians should refer to the complete Clinical Practice Guideline for a more detailed analysis and discussion of the available research, critical evaluation of the assumptions and knowledge of the field, considerations for patients with special needs, and references. The full Guideline Report has a more complete discussion of relevant research, including literature reviews and summary evidence tables. |