pressure injury

Author Insights

Surgical Therapy for Complex Pelvic Pressure Ulcers: A Review of Outcomes for Five Consecutive Years and a Proposal for a Navigator in the Care Pathway

05/03/2023

Patrick P. Ting

Dr. Patrick Ting discusses the background and results of his original research, Surgical Therapy for Complex Pelvic Pressure Injuries: A Review of Outcomes for Five Consecutive Years and a Proposal for a Navigator in the Care Pathway.

Dr. Patrick Ting discusses the...

05/03/2023

Wounds

Original Research

Treatment of Stage 4 Pressure Injuries With Autologous Heterogenous Skin Construct: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

05/03/2023

Diana Burgueño-Vega, MD¹; Dilip Shahani, DMSc, PA-C¹; Ryan Mathis, MD²; Melodie Blakely, DPT, MS²

Diana Burgueño-Vega, MD1; Dilip Shaha...

This single-center retrospective cohort study sought to determine the effectiveness of autologous heterogenous skin construct in the treatment of recalcitrant stage 4 pressure injuries.

This single-center...

05/03/2023

ePlasty

Original Research

Risk Factors for Pressure Injury Development in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury Beyond Index Hospitalization: An Analysis of Violent Mechanism of Injury and Socioeconomic Disparity

04/14/2023

Aishu Ramamurthi

Hunter S. Cameron

Christina Megal

Marc de Moya

Jacob Peschman

In a retrospective analysis of 448 patients, a violent mechanism of spinal cord injury was found to be a significant predictor of the development of one or more pressure injuries.

In a retrospective analysis of...

04/14/2023

Wounds

Case Report

Successful Use of Amoxicillin-clavulanate Acid in a Patient with Severe Wound Infection with Wound Communication Secondary to Actinomyces

03/10/2023

Basmah Khalil

Caitlyn Hollingshead

Richard Simman

A 62-year-old male with a pressure injury infected with Actinomyces saw full healing after 2 months following a treatment regimen consisting of debridement, antibiotics, and wound care.

A 62-year-old male with a...

03/10/2023

Wounds

Case Report

Wound Healing in Stage IV Pressure Injury With Use of Adjunct Autologous Activated Platelet-rich Plasma Therapy: A Case Report

01/16/2023

Karina Karina

Dinar Rahmania

Hubert Andrew

Krista Ekaputri

Johannes Albert Biben

Nungki Ratna Martina

A 68-year-old male with a stage 4 pressure injury was treated with adjunct intravenous and intralesional autologous activated platelet-rich plasma.

A 68-year-old male with a stage...

01/16/2023

Wounds

Case Report

Medical Device–related Pressure Injury Due to Urinary Catheterization: A Case Report

12/01/2022

Brenda K. Woodmansee, DNP

Jennifer A. Anderson, DNP, CNL-BC

This case report describes a 93-year-old patient who sustained medical device–related pressure injury secondary to indwelling urinary catheter placement for urinary retention. The patient had prostate cancer and pneumonia. He received an...

This case report describes a...

12/01/2022

Wound Management & Prevention

Case Series

Wound Repair Using Discarded Skin Tissue From the Rolled Edge of Pressure Injury: A Feasibility Study of Five Cases

11/30/2022

Zhi'yuan Shi

Min'hui Zhu

Ming Zhang

Xiang'bo Ye

In this case series, 5 patients were followed to determine the viability of split skin cells taken from the discarded rolled edge of pressure injuries in encouraging reepithelialization in chronic wounds.

In this case series, 5 patients...

11/30/2022

Wounds

Case Series

Injection of Cryopreserved Amniotic Membrane and Umbilical Cord Particulate for Pressure Injuries: A Retrospective Case Series

09/30/2022

Anne T. Mancino

Alison Acott

Kathryn P. Brinegar

In a single-center, retrospective review of 21 patients with nonhealing pressure injuries treated with amniotic membrane and umbilical cord, the authors found that 14 pressure injuries (54%) achieved complete wound closure at a median of 12.4...

In a single-center,...

09/30/2022

Wounds

Brief Communication

The Effect of COVID-19 on the Pressure Injury Reporting Gap

08/29/2022

Daniel C. Sasson

Seema M. Patel

Kaiti Duan

Corinne Signore

Henry C. Hsia

A look at the change in reported hospital-acquired pressure injuries prepandemic and during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic at Yale New Haven Health.

A look at the change in reported...

08/29/2022

Wounds