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Management of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: This article reviews the preoperative considerations, postoperative complications, and ongoing management of shunts for normal pressure hydrocephalus. LATEST DEVELOPMENTS The radiographic pattern of disproportionately enlarged subarachnoid space ...
Kaisorn L, Chaichana, Jeremy K, Cutsforth-Gregory   +1 more
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The Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers

Medical Clinics of North America, 1989
Pressure ulcers are a common problem for older persons. Complications associated with pressure ulcers include infection and even death for some patients. Pressure is the primary pathogenic factor, but shearing forces, friction, and moisture are also important.
P S, Goode, R M, Allman
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Prevention and management of pressure ulcers

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 2001
A pressure ulcer is the visible evidence of pathological changes in blood supply to the dermal and underlying tissues, usually due to compression of the tissue over a bony prominence. Pressure ulcers are one of several types of chronic ulcers of the skin, including venous stasis, diabetic ulcers, and arterial insufficiency ulcers.
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Managing pressure sores in the community

Journal of Wound Care, 1996
A six-month project was undertaken in the Portsmouth Healthcare NHS Trust to identify the prevalence of pressure sores and assess current practice and level of knowledge among nurses working in the community. Questionnaires were returned by 99 nurses and the pressure sore prevalence was found to be 4.4%; 72% of respondents performed pressure sore ...
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Pressure Ulcers: Prevention and Management

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 1995
To describe important aspects of pressure ulcer prevention and management, especially in elderly patients.We reviewed pertinent published material in the medical literature and summarized effective strategies in the overall management of the elderly population with pressure ulcers.Pressure ulcers are commonly encountered in geriatric patients.
J M, Evans, K L, Andrews, D S, Chutka, K C, Fleming, S L, Garness   +4 more
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Management of Increased Intracranial Pressure

Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 2014
After brain injury, neurologic intensive care focuses on the detection and treatment of secondary brain insults that may compound the initial injury. Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) contributes to secondary brain injury by causing brain ischemia, hypoxia, and metabolic dysfunction.
Danielle K, Sandsmark, Kevin N, Sheth
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Pressure Sores Classification and Management

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1975
Four grades of pressure can be recognized on the basis of pathophysiology of soft tissue breakdown overlying bony prominences. Management is correlated with the extent of the lesion and ranges from local wound care, turning and systemic support for Grade I and II, to local and radical excision with soft tissue flap closure for the more extensive Grades
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PRESSURE SORE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT

Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 1988
Pressure sores can and should be prevented. A multidisciplinary consistent approach through medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, dietary and infection control is vital to the success of a program.
J, Dimant, M E, Francis
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Nutrition Management of Pressure Ulcers

Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 2010
Despite our knowledge of how to prevent pressure ulcers, and improvements in treatment, pressure ulcers remain prevalent and impose a significant burden on financial and labor resources in the healthcare industry. Although there is no known role for specific nutrients in the prevention of pressure ulcers, undernutrition is a risk factor, and nutrition ...
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Management of Cerebral Perfusion Pressure

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2001
The management of cerebral perfusion pressure is among the most controversial treatment issues. Cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) is normally expressed as the difference between mean arterial blood pressure and intracranial pressure and has two important physiological roles in the patient with severe head injury.
R, Hlatky, Y, Furuya, A B, Valadka, C S, Robertson   +3 more
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