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PubMed

(("bed sore"[All Fields] OR "pressure sore"[All Fields] OR "pressure ulcer"[All Fields] OR "decubitus ulcer"[All Fields]) AND ("hospital s"[All Fields] OR "hospitalisation"[All Fields] OR "hospitalization"[MeSH Terms] OR "hospitalization"[All Fields] OR "hospitalising"[All Fields] OR "hospitality"[All Fields] OR "hospitalisations"[All Fields] OR "hospitalised"[All Fields] OR "hospitalizations"[All Fields] OR "hospitalized"[All Fields] OR "hospitalize"[All Fields] OR "hospitalizing"[All Fields] OR "hospitals"[MeSH Terms] OR "hospitals"[All Fields] OR "hospital"[All Fields]) AND ("afghanistan"[MeSH Terms] OR "afghanistan"[All Fields] OR "afghanistan s"[All Fields] OR ("bahrain"[MeSH Terms] OR "bahrain"[All Fields]) OR ("djibouti"[MeSH Terms] OR "djibouti"[All Fields]) OR ("egypt"[MeSH Terms] OR "egypt"[All Fields] OR "egypt s"[All Fields]) OR ("iran"[MeSH Terms] OR "iran"[All Fields]) OR ("iraq"[MeSH Terms] OR "iraq"[All Fields]) OR ("jordan"[MeSH Terms] OR "jordan"[All Fields]) OR ("kuwait"[MeSH Terms] OR "kuwait"[All Fields] OR "kuwait s"[All Fields]) OR ("lebanon"[MeSH Terms] OR "lebanon"[All Fields] OR "lebanon s"[All Fields]) OR ("libya"[MeSH Terms] OR "libya"[All Fields]) OR ("morocco"[MeSH Terms] OR "morocco"[All Fields]) OR ("oman"[MeSH Terms] OR "oman"[All Fields]) OR ("pakistan"[MeSH Terms] OR "pakistan"[All Fields] OR "pakistan s"[All Fields]) OR ("qatar"[MeSH Terms] OR "qatar"[All Fields] OR "qatar s"[All Fields]) OR ("saudi arabia"[MeSH Terms] OR ("saudi"[All Fields] AND "arabia"[All Fields]) OR "saudi arabia"[All Fields]) OR ("somalia"[MeSH Terms] OR "somalia"[All Fields]) OR ("sudan"[MeSH Terms] OR "sudan"[All Fields] OR "sudans"[All Fields] OR "sudan s"[All Fields]) OR ("syria"[MeSH Terms] OR "syria"[All Fields] OR ("syrian"[All Fields] AND "arab"[All Fields] AND "republic"[All Fields]) OR "syrian arab republic"[All Fields]) OR ("tunisia"[MeSH Terms] OR "tunisia"[All Fields]) OR ("united arab emirates"[MeSH Terms] OR ("united"[All Fields] AND "arab"[All Fields] AND "emirates"[All Fields]) OR "united arab emirates"[All Fields]) OR ("yemen"[MeSH Terms] OR "yemen"[All Fields]) OR "Palestin"[All Fields])) Filters: Free full text, English, from 1000/1/1—2023/9/22

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Scopus

ALL ( ″bed AND sore″ OR "pressure sore" OR "pressure ulcer" OR "decubitus ulcer") AND ALL ( hospital) AND ALL ( afghanistan OR bahrain OR djibouti OR egypt OR iran OR iraq OR jordan OR kuwait OR lebanon OR libya OR morocco OR oman OR pakistan OR qatar OR saudi AND arabia OR somalia OR sudan OR syrian AND arab AND republic OR tunisia OR united AND arab AND emirates OR yemen OR palestin) AND ( LIMIT-TO ( DOCTYPE, "ar")) AND ( LIMIT-TO ( LANGUAGE, "English"))

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Web of Science

(ALL = (″bed sore″ OR "pressure sore" OR "pressure ulcer" OR "decubitus ulcer") AND ALL = (hospital) AND ALL = (Afghanistan OR Bahrain OR Djibouti OR Egypt OR Iran OR Iraq OR Jordan OR Kuwait OR Lebanon OR Libya OR Morocco OR Oman OR Pakistan OR Qatar OR Saudi Arabia OR Somalia OR Sudan OR Syrian Arab Republic OR Tunisia OR United Arab Emirates OR Yemen OR Palestin)) and Open Access and Article (Document Types) and English (Languages)

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Google Scholar

(″bed sore″ OR "pressure sore" OR "pressure ulcer" OR "decubitus ulcer") AND “special ward” AND (Afghanistan OR Bahrain OR Djibouti OR Egypt OR Iran OR Iraq OR Jordan OR Kuwait OR Lebanon OR Libya OR Morocco OR Oman OR Pakistan OR Qatar OR Saudi Arabia OR Somalia OR Sudan OR Syrian Arab Republic OR Tunisia OR United Arab Emirates OR Yemen OR Palestin)

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