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Treatment of Pressure Ulcers

The American Journal of Nursing, 1980
A review of approaches to prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers, this article's aim is to encourage more research on a long-neglected problem.
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Topical application of quercetin improves wound healing in pressure ulcer lesions

Experimental Dermatology, 2018
The ischaemia‐reperfusion (I/R)–induced skin lesion has been identified as primary cause of pressure ulcers. To date, attempts to prevent pressure ulcers have not produced a significant improvement.
Guimei Yin   +3 more
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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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Management of pressure ulcers

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2004
Wound healing, the epidemiology and staging of pressure ulcers, and pressure ulcer prevention and treatment are discussed.The principal event leading to the formation of pressure ulcers appears to be a consistent interruption in blood supply to the skin.
Bradley C, Cannon, Joan P, Cannon
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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 Ulcer

Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging, 2021
Pressure Ulcer
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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 ulcer grading

Nursing Standard, 2005
This article discusses the different aspects of classifying pressure ulcers. It aims to increase understanding of the grading methods used and how their reliability and validity may be assessed. In turn, this aims to increase the potential for nurses to enhance their assessment and pressure ulcer prevention skills.
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Pressure ulcer risk

Nursing Older People, 2010
This study compared two pressure ulcer risk scales (Braden and Waterlow) with a generic nursing Care Dependency Scale (CDS), which provides general information about the patient's individual need for care. The CDS is based on Virginia Henderson's theoretical framework and has 15 items covering physical and psychological aspects of daily living.
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Pressure ulcers: A review

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1994
This article reviews the etiology, pathology, description, risk factors, prevention, medical and surgical management, and complications of pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcers, which develop primarily from pressure and shear, are also known as decubitus ulcers, bed sores, and pressure sores.
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