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Pressure Sores
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Reviewed July 2011
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| Title: | Pressure sores |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Pressure sores can develop in anyone with reduced mobility, such as being confined to a bed or chair. This type of skin damage is difficult to treat and can lead to serious complications. Other names for this type of damage include bed sores, pressure ulcers and decubitus ('lying down') ulcers. Prevention tips include regular changes of position, a healthy diet, good hygiene and skin care. |
| Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Title: | Support surfaces for treating pressure ulcers |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pressure ulcers (also called pressure sores, decubitus ulcers and bed sores) are ulcers on the skin caused by pressure or rubbing at the weight-bearing, bony points of immobilised people (such as hips, heels and elbows). Different support surfaces (e.g... |
| Date: | Jul 2011 |
| Title: | Pressure-relieving devices for treating heel pressure ulcers |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pressure ulcers (also known as pressure sores, decubitus ulcers and bed sores) are areas of localised damage to the skin and underlying tissue, believed to be caused by pressure, shear or friction. Pressure-relieving devices such as beds, mattresses, he... |
| Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Title: | Support surfaces for pressure ulcer prevention |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pressure ulcers (also called bed sores and pressure sores) are ulcers on the skin caused by pressure or rubbing at the weight-bearing, bony points of immobilised people (such as hips, heels and elbows). Different support surfaces (e.g. beds, mattresses,... |
| Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Title: | Risk assessment tools for the prevention of pressure ulcers |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pressure ulcers (also known as bed sores, pressure sores and decubitus ulcers) are areas of localised injury to the skin, underlying tissue or both, usually over a bony prominence, as a result of pressure, or pressure in combination with shear. Pressure... |
| Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Title: | Electromagnetic therapy for treating pressure ulcers |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pressure ulcers (also called bed sores, decubitus ulcers or pressure sores) are sores on the skin caused by pressure or rubbing. They usually affect immobile people on the bony parts of their bodies such as hips, heels and elbows, and take a long time t... |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | Repositioning for treating pressure ulcers |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pressure ulcers (also known as bed sores, pressure sores and decubitus ulcers) are localised areas of tissue damage caused by excess pressure, shearing or friction forces. Pressure ulcers mainly occur in people who have limited mobility, nerve damage or... |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | Preventing pressure ulcers |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Information about pressure ulcers including photos of pressure ulcer, pressure ulcer staging, pressure ulcer prevention, and pressure ulcer treatment. |
| Date: | Jun 2009 |
| Title: | Therapeutic ultrasound for pressure ulcers |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pressure ulcers (also called pressure sores, bed sores or decubitus ulcers) are sores on the body caused by pressure or rubbing. They usually happen to immobile people, on bony parts of their bodies, such as hips, heels and elbows. Low levels of ultras... |
| Date: | Apr 2008 |
| Title: | Pressure ulcers |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of pressure ulcers by professional health specialists. |
| Date: | Feb 2008 |
| Title: | Spina bifida: skin sensation - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | If a child with spina bifida has some loss of movement, there will be loss of skin sensation too. |
| Date: | Sep 2007 |
| Title: | Bedsores - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Bedsores, or pressure sores or pressure ulcers, are skin ulcers that develop in people who are bedridden or cannot move by themselves. |
| Date: | Aug 2007 |
| Title: | Nutritional interventions for preventing and treating pressure ulcers |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pressure ulcers (also called bed sores) are sores on the skin caused by pressure or rubbing at the weight-bearing, bony points of immobilised people (such as hips, heels and elbows). Poor nutritional status or dehydration can weaken the skin and make pe... |
| Date: | Aug 2003 |
| Title: | Chronic wound management |
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| Publisher: | Australian Prescriber |
| Description: | The cause of a chronic wound must be identified before treatment can begin. This assessment includes an evaluation of the patient's general health, nutrition and medication. The cause of the wound dictates the management including the choice of dressing. |
| Date: | Jan 2000 |
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