Pressure Ulcer Prevention in the Hospital Setting Using Silicone Foam Dressings

Pressure Ulcer Prevention in the Hospital Setting Using Silicone Foam Dressings

Patient care is of the utmost importance in the hospital setting. Bedrest and immobility during hospitalization, especially in the surgical and intensive care setting, place the patient at high risk for pressure ulcers. It is very important to prevent or notice a pressure ulcer forming due to the significant health care costs involved and patient health associated with them. Various measures ar...

Pressure ulcer management using sodium carboxymethylcellulose hydrofiber® foam dressings.

Heel pressure ulcer prevention: a 5-year initiative using low-friction bootees in a hospital setting

Pressure, particularly over bony prominences such as the ischium, trochanter, elbows, heels and other anatomic sites, leading directly to tissue damage and restricting blood flow creating areas of cell death and ischaemia, has been widely recognised as a risk factor for pressure ulcers (PU) (Grey et al, 2006; Gefen et al, 2008; National Institute for Health and Care Excellence [NICE], 2014). Th...

Pressure ulcer prevention: can dressings protect from pressure ulcer damage? An advertorial

Over the past 30 years clinicians have sought to find approaches to care that will solve the thorny issue of pressure ulcer damage. Huge amounts of effort and money have been put into developing care frameworks, educational packages and high-tech pressure-relieving equipment. These efforts should be applauded and yet provision of care free from the fear of pressure ulcer development is still no...

Using Air Cushion in the Prevention of Occipital Pressure Ulcer in Children Undergoing Heart Surgery

Background & Aims:The prevalence of congenital heart (CHD) defects is about 6-8 per 1000 live births, more than half of which will require surgery during the first year of life. In Iran, the rate of diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases is increasing, so that the mortality caused by them in the intervals of 1989 to 2006 has increased from 27 to 30%. CHD accounts for almost one-third of all conge...