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Effect of Evidence Based Practices Guidelines on Immobilized Orthopedic Patients' Outcome regarding Pressure Ulcers [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2022
Background: Pressure ulcers are common health problems that represent a nursing and social burden. Mortality risk in a patient with pressure ulcer is two to six times greater than this in a patient with intact skin.
Eman Sobhy Omran, Doaa Mohamed Mahmoud
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Pressure ulcers: new approaches to treatment

Лечащий Врач, 2022
The urgency of the problem of pressure ulcers does not decrease, despite the achievements of modern medicine. Pressure ulcers occur both in hospital patients and in patients receiving treatment at home or in long-stay institutions.
I. N. Pasechnik, T. V. Novikova
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Documentation of pressure ulcers in medical records at an internal medicine ward in university hospital in western Sweden

Nursing Open, 2023
Objectives Pressure ulcers cause suffering, prolong care periods, and increase mortality. The aim was to describe and analyze the documentation of pressure ulcers and focused on the medical records from an internal medicine ward in a university hospital ...
Julia Andersson, Sara Imberg, Kristina Rosengren   +2 more
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Pressure Ulcer Categorization and Reporting in Domiciliary Settings Using Deep Learning and Mobile Devices: A Clinical Trial to Evaluate End-to-End Performance

IEEE Access, 2023
Pressure ulcers are a challenge for patients and healthcare professionals. In the UK, pressure ulcers affect 700,000 people each year. Treating them costs the National Health Service €3.8 million every day.
Paul Fergus, Carl Chalmers, William Henderson, Danny Roberts, Atif Waraich   +4 more
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Pressure ulcers: modern approaches of prevention and treatment

Лечащий Врач, 2023
Background. Despite the fact that in most cases the appearance of pressure ulcers can be prevented, this problem continues to be relevant, affecting up to 30 million patients in the general population.
N. O. Somov
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The association between acupuncture therapy and the risk of reduced pressure ulcers in dementia patients: A retrospective matched cohort study

Integrative Medicine Research, 2023
Background: The pressure ulcer is a complication developed from dementia. The aim of this study is to study the association between the development of pressure ulcers and the use of acupuncture therapy in patients with dementia.
Chia-Yu Huang, Mei-Yao Wu, Ming-Cheng Huang, Teng-Shun Yu, Hung-Rong Yen   +4 more
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Preventing pressure ulcers in aged care by auditing, and changing, work practices

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022
Background: Two nurse consultants concerned with ongoing pressure ulcer development in a 44-bed residential aged care facility in Sydney, Australia, audited pressure ulcers and the use of air mattresses.
Catherine Sharp , Julie Campbell
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Investigating staff knowledge of safeguarding and pressure ulcers in care homes [PDF]

, 2016
Objective: To investigate whether nursing/care home staff regard pressure ulceration as a safeguarding issue; and to explore reporting mechanisms for pressure ulcers in nursing/care homes.
Ousey, K., Stephenson, John, Kaye, Vicky, McCormick, K., McCormick, Karen, Kaye, V., Stephenson, J., Ousey, Karen   +7 more
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The prevalence of pain at pressure areas and pressure ulcers in hospitalised patients. [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Patients with pressure ulcers (PUs) report that pain is their most distressing symptom, but there are few PU pain prevalence studies. We sought to estimate the prevalence of unattributed pressure area related pain (UPAR pain) which was ...
Rivers, Carly, McGinnis, Elizabeth, Coleman, S, Wilson, L, McGinnis, E, Briggs, Michelle, Michelle Collinson, Rivers, C, Nelson, EA, Briggs, M; id_orcid, Susanne Coleman, Collinson, Michelle, Stevenson, Rebecca, Dealey, C, Stubbs, N, Dealey, Carol, Carly Rivers, E Andrea Nelson, Jane Nixon, Michelle Briggs, Briggs, M, Nixon, J, Stevenson, R, Lyn Wilson, Nikki Stubbs, Brown, Julia, Nelson, E Andrea; id_orcid, Collinson, M, Coleman, Susanne, Elizabeth McGinnis, Nixon, Jane, Rebecca Stevenson, Wilson, Lyn, Julia Brown, Stubbs, Nikki, Carol Dealey, Brown, J   +36 more
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Pressure mapping of medical compression bandages used for venous leg ulcer treatment [PDF]

, 2010
Chronic leg ulcers affect 1% of the adult population in the developed countries. The majority of leg ulcers are due to venous disease. The impact of venous ulcers on the quality of life is significant, and it costs the NHS £300 − 600m annually.
Al Khaburi, Jawad Ameen Jawad
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