pressure ulcers

Implementation of Individualized Turn Protocol for Pressure Injury Prevention in Post-Acute Care: A Quality Improvement Program

BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE: Two-hour turning schedule has been the standard of pressure ulcer (PrI) prevention since the 1850’s [1] despite lacking robust scientific evidence in long-ter...

08/19/2021

Addressing Pressure Ulcer Bacteria: Impact of Fluorescence Imaging on Assessment & Treatment

Pressure ulcers (PUs) occur in up to 15% of inpatients1 and 37-53% of long-term care (LTC) residents2 and are plagued by infection. Many clinical signs and symptoms of infection (CSS) in ...

01/28/2021

Pressure Ulcers Treated with a Novel Autologous Homologous Skin Construct in a Retrospective Multi-center Case Series

The fastest growing segment of the population is those over 65yo while national rates of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are rising – leading to more patients having decreas...

11/23/2020

Initial Experience Using an Autologous Blood Clot to Promote Closure in Chronic Pressure Ulcerations

Wounds that do not heal with standard of care within an acceptable amount of time are referred to as hard-to-heal wounds. Over the past several years, there has been an outpouring of nove...

11/23/2020

Comparison of Wound Closure in Pressure Ulcers Between Single-use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Traditional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: A Real World Analysis

Introduction: Evidence for single-use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (sNPWT) in managing surgical incisions is demonstrated across chronic and surgical indications. However, there is lim...

11/23/2020

Addressing Pressure Ulcer Bacteria: Impact of Fluorescence Imaging on Assessment and Treatment

Pressure ulcers (PUs) occur in up to 15% of inpatients1 and 37-53% of long-term care (LTC) residents2 and are plagued by infection. Many clinical signs and symptoms of infection (CSS) in ...

11/23/2020

Use of Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy After Rotation Flap Closure of Pressure Ulcers

Introduction: Up to 3 million new pressure ulcers (PUs) occur annually in the United States, with an estimated annual cost to hospitals of over $11 billion. The primary method of PU closu...

11/06/2019

Pressure Injuries

What Really Causes Pressure Ulcers and How Can We Prevent Them?

11/05/2019

Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM

This author shares a story of a pressure ulcer that occurred during an unrelated surgery and theorizes that some pressure ulcers are due to angiosomal ischemia and not localized pressure. You can’t get the right prevention in place if you...

This author shares a story of a...

11/05/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

A Comparative Analysis of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcer/Injuries and Community Acquired Pressure Ulcer/Injuries

Introduction: Pressure ulcers/injuries (PU/I) occur in all settings. Once a PU/I develops, it can be hard to heal—even with the best of nursing care.

10/24/2019

Can Pressure Ulcers Be Prevented with Use of Angiotensin Receptor Blockers(arb)?

Introduction: Pressure ulcers are difficult to avoid even with aggressive prevention strategy, and their impact includes many cases with hypertension (HTN) and hyperlipidemia (HLD). A cha...

10/24/2019