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Thermal Images Enhance Pressure Ulcer Risk Detection

12/09/2014

Laura Bolton

Increased temperature is a classic sign of infection, but it often heralds skin breakdown due to other tissue injury as well. The late Dr. Paul Brand first observed that skin warmth induced by local inflammation preceded ulceration of...

Increased temperature is a...

12/09/2014

Wounds

Original Research

A 5-Year Retrospective Study of Descriptors Associated With Identification of Stage I and Suspected Deep Tissue Pressure Ulcers in Persons with Darkly Pigmented Skin

12/09/2014

Rhonda Sullivan

12/09/2014

Wounds

Current Research

Visualization of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Distributions Within Pressure Ulcer Tissue Using the Wound Blotting Method: A Case Report and Discussion

11/12/2014

Aya Kitamura

Gojiro Nakagmai

Mikako Yoshida

Hiroshi Noguchi

Yoshimi Nishijima

Takeo Minematsu

Ayumi Naito

Jun Sugawara

Hiroki Shibayama

Kazuo Takahashi

Amiko Hakuta

Junichi Umemoto

Nao Terada

Ryo Segawa

Taketoshi Mori

Hiromi Sanada

11/12/2014

Wounds

Original Research

The Effect of a Simple 3-Step Pressure Relieving Strategy for Preventing Pressure Ulcers: An Explorative Longitudinal Study From 2002-2011

10/10/2014

Martin W.F. van Leen

Jos M.G.A. Schols

Steven E.R. Hovius

Ruud J.G. Halfens

10/10/2014

Wounds

Original Research

Hydrocolloid vs Gauze Dressings in Treating Pressure Ulcers: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

09/20/2014

Xiao-Qin He

Hong-Lin Chen

09/20/2014

Wounds

Original Research

Pressure Ulcers in a University Hospital: A Review of Nursing Records

02/25/2014

Tatiane de Aquino Bandeira

Maria Isabel S. Carmagnani

Maria Helena Pignatti

Leila Blanes

Ieda Aparecida Carneiro

Ligia Mara da Silva Canteras

Luiza Hiromi Tanaka

02/25/2014

Wounds

Original Research

A Continuous Bedside Pressure Mapping System for Prevention of Pressure Ulcer Development in the Medical ICU: A Retrospective Analysis

12/12/2013

Aamir Siddiqu

Robert Behrendt

Marianne Lafluer

Susan Craft

12/12/2013

Wounds

Original Research

Pressure Relief With Visco-Elastic Foam or With Combined Static Air Overlay? A Prospective, Crossover Randomized Clinical Trial in a Dutch Nursing Home

10/15/2013

Martin van Leen

Steven Hovius

Ruud Halfens

Jacques Neyens

Jos Schols

10/15/2013

Wounds

Case Report and Brief Review

An Unusual Location for a Pressure Ulcer: The Nasal Bridge

08/09/2013

Kemalettin Yildiz

Aykut Özpür

Çetin Duygu

Ethem Güneren

08/09/2013

Wounds

Original Research

Pressure Map Technology for Pressure Ulcer Patients: Can We Handle the Truth?

02/08/2013

Matthew Q. Pompeo

02/08/2013

Wounds

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