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Explication of the Construct of Shared Care and the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers in Home Health Care [PDF]
, 1996 The purpose of this investigation was to render a more complete understanding of subjective perceptions of pressure ulcers from the perspective of family dyads, and to study the effect of these subjective experiences on preventive behaviors and pressure ...
Sebern, Margaret
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The Effect of Standardized Photodocumentation on Coding of Pressure Injuries
, 2018 Background and Purpose: Pressure injuries (PI) are prevalent and costly for hospitals. Hospitals implement different practices to accurately document PIs ranging from pen and paper to photodocumentation in electronic medical records (EMRs).
Bales, Brandon +2 more
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Modulus‐Switchable Miniature Robots for Biomedical Applications: A Review
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Materials, robot designs, proof‐of‐concept functions, and biomedical applications of modulus‐switchable miniature robots. Miniature soft robots have shown great potential in biomedical applications due to their excellent controllability and suitable mechanical properties in biological environments.
Chunyun Wei, Yibin Wang, Jiangfan Yu
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Indian Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine KLEU, 2018 Pressure ulcers are classic chronic ulcers that appear over the areas of pressure and trauma in the skin that has lost sensation. Tethered cord syndrome is a rare etiology of chronic pressure ulcer originating from the central nervous system.
Ramesh Killedar +2 more
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Veins and Lymphatics, 2013 Ulcer stockings are produced to have higher interface pressure and easier application compared to those of classic medical compression stockings. We aimed to compare volume decrease, pressure loss and stiffness index of a classical medical compression ...
Győző Szolnoky +5 more
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This article introduces a soft wearable eyelid sling device incorporating a hydraulic soft artificial muscle (SAM) for achieving complete closure of an eyelid. The SAM is driven by a cam mechanism that provides a displacement profile closely matched with those of a healthy eyelid.
Patrick Pruscino +7 more
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Indian Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine KLEU, 2019 Pressure ulcers are classic chronic ulcers that appear over the areas of pressure and trauma in the skin that has lost sensation. Tethered cord syndrome is a rare etiology of chronic pressure ulcer originating from the central nervous system.
Ramesh Killedar +2 more
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The diagnostic value of measuring pressure pain perception in patients with diabetes mellitus
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2012 QUESTION UNDER STUDY: Repetitive skin trauma and reduced pressure pain sensation are necessary components of plantar ulcer risk in patients with diabetic neuropathy.
Tobias Wienemann, Ernst Adolf Chantelau
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A survey of nurses' and podiatrists' attitudes, skills and knowledge of lower extremity wound care [PDF]
, 2008 Published literature has identified deficits in the wound care knowledge of many healthcare professionals involved in tissue viability, which may suggest some patients are receiving suboptimal care.
McIntosh, Caroline, Ousey, Karen
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Exploring the role of pain as an early predictor of category 2 pressure ulcers: a prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2017 Objective To explore pressure area related pain as a predictor of category ≥2 pressure ulcer (PU) development. Design Multicentre prospective cohort study. Setting UK hospital and community settings. Participants inclusion Consenting acutely ill
Briggs, Michelle +12 more
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