Pressure Ulcer prevention

Editorial

Adding Insult to Injury: Developing Pressure Ulcers Before Hospitalization in Trauma Patients

08/01/2019

Terry Treadwell

Surprisingly to me, about 30% of pressure ulcers in trauma patients are caused by a pressure-related injury that occurs during transport to the hospital or during the evaluation period. They most commonly result from pressure while using the...

Surprisingly to me, about 30% of...

08/01/2019

Wounds

Evidence Corner

Dressings Can Prevent Pressure Injury

10/08/2016

Laura Bolton

Below we add 1 more RCT to the growing evidence that dressings once indicated only for healing wounds are effective in preventing PU in critically ill patients6 and summarize a systematic review of that evidence.

Below we add 1 more RCT to the...

10/08/2016

Wounds

Original Research

Cost Effectiveness of an Air-inflated Static Overlay for Pressure Ulcer Prevention: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

08/01/2012

Sophie Vermette

Isabelle Reeves

Jacques Lemaire

08/01/2012

Wounds

Evidence Corner