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Pressure ulcers

The Lancet, 1998
Pressure ulcers are localized areas of tissue necrosis that result from unrelieved pressure. They are graded or staged according to the degree of tissue damage observed. The main etiologic factors include pressure, shearing forces, friction, and moisture.
L F, Kanj, S V, Wilking, T J, Phillips
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Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants, 2004
The purpose of this collective review is to outline the predisposing factors in the development of pressure ulcers and to identify a pressure ulcer prevention program. The most frequent sites for pressure ulcers are areas of skin overlying bony prominences.
Richard F, Edlich   +6 more
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Pressure Ulcers

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, 1991
Progress in treatment of pressure ulcers over the past decade has contributed to our ability to more effectively treat problem ulcers. Through choice of the proper dressing, wound environment and cellular activity may be positively influenced and wound repair accelerated.
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Radiography of pressure ulcers

Acta Radiologica, 1988
In patients with longstanding and/or deep pressure ulcers radiology is usually consulted. Survey radiography and sinography in 14 patients with pressure ulcers (6 over the tuber ischii and 8 over the femoral trochanter) were evaluated. Osteomyelitic involvement of adjacent bone was revealed in 9 patients on survey radiography.
P S, Borgström, O, Ekberg, A, Lasson
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PRESSURE ULCER PAIN*

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing, 2004
To describe and interpret the complexities of the pain experienced by persons with painful pressure ulcers.Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenology.Ten participants with pressure ulcers hospitalized in an acute-care community hospital were interviewed.Multiple taped interviews, transcripts, and field notes were collected over an 8-month period.
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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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