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Does Pressure Cause Pressure Ulcers? An Inquiry Into the Etiology of Pressure Ulcers

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2010
Pressure ulcers remain problematic across health care settings, with prevalence and incidence changing little over the past 2 decades. Because external pressure is viewed as the chief factor in the development of pressure ulcers, considerable research has focused on pressure relief.
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Prevention of Pressure Ulcers

La Revue de l'Infirmière, 2016
The nursing procedures at Kensington Hospital place special emphasis on the prevention of pressure ulcers. Pierre has the opportunity to apply the most recent prevention methods with patients suffering from degenerative joint diseases.
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Pressure Ulceration

2014
In this chapter the complex subject of pressure ulceration is discussed. This is of particular relevance to posture management but has wide application in the health setting and may indirectly affect nearly all areas of rehabilitation engineering and assistive technology.
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Molecular finds of pressure ulcer: A bioinformatics approach in pressure ulcer

Journal of Tissue Viability, 2017
Understanding the biological processes underlying Pressure Ulcer (PU) is an important strategy to identify new molecular targets. Bioinformatics has emerged as an important screening tool for a broad range of diseases.This study aim of the current study is to investigate the protein-protein interaction in the PU context by bioinformatics.We performed a
Eloa Mangabeira Santos   +5 more
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Pressure Ulcers: Were They There on Admission?

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2008
New Medicare payment rules are forcing hospitals to institute new assessment protocols.
Lia van Rijswijk, Courtney H. Lyder
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Benchmarking pressure ulcers

Nursing Standard, 2002
In 2001 the government launched Essence of Care (DoH 2001), a resource pack providing a tool to help improve the quality of patient care. This article examines the application of clinical practice benchmarking in pressurearea care in one community and mental health service trust in Leeds.
Nicky Whitfield, Elizabeth Scanlon
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Pressure Ulcer Assessment

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1997
Pressure ulcer assessment requires quantification of multiple parameters of the ulcer and periulcer tissue. Clinical assessment should include ulcer history (including etiology, duration, and prior treatment), anatomic location, stage, size (including length, width, and depth measured in centimeters), sinus tracts, undermining, tunneling, exudate or ...
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The Prevention of Pressure Ulcers

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 2004
Rycroft-Malone, Jo, McInnes, Elizabeth
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Pressure Ulcers and Leg Ulcers

2017
Wound management involves much more than treating the wound; wound management involves caring for the person with a wound. Each person with a wound should be treated in an holistic manner that includes the physical, psychological, emotional, and social effects of the wound on that person.
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