منابع مشابه
Pressure Sores
DESCRIPTION A 31-year-old man with known history of paraplegia presents to clinic with a long-standing wound as shown earlier. The wound is located in the presacral region with intact periosteum, healthy overlying fascia, and no purulence.
متن کاملThe prevention and treatment of pressure sores.
Research questions The review sought to answer two questions.
متن کاملOccipital pressure sores in two neonates
The preference for a specific head shape can be influenced by people's culture, religious beliefs and race. Modern Chinese people prefer a "talented" head shape, which is rounded and has a long profile. To obtain their preferred head shape, some parents try to change their neonates' sleeping position. Due to these forced sleeping positions, positional skull deformities, such as plagiocephaly, m...
متن کاملPressure sores among malnourished necropsied adults--preliminary data.
UNLABELLED Pressure sores are common among bedridden, elderly, or malnourished patients, and may occur in terminal ill patients because of impaired mobility, fecal or urinary incontinence, and decreased healing capacity. The aim of this study was to compare frequency of pressure sores between malnourished and non-malnourished necropsied adults. METHOD All (n = 201) adults (age >/= 18 years) a...
متن کاملDevelopment of a cushion to prevent ischial pressure sores.
A study was carried out jointly by nursing staff and technologists in an attempt to develop a cushion based on scientific principles and measurement that might prevent pressure sores. At each stage in the development clinical trials were carried out, and using the results of these together with the opinions of medical staff and patients who used the cushion the design was suitably modified. Ove...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.309.6966.1436