OBJECTIVES To identify independent predictors for development of pressure ulcers in hospitalized patients and to develop a simple prediction rule for pressure ulcer development. DESIGN The Prevention and Pressure Ulcer Risk Score Evaluation (prePURSE) study is a prospective cohort study in which patients are followed up once a week until pressure ulcer occurrence, discharge from hospital, or ...

BACKGROUND As skin assessment is critical to pressure ulcer prevention, it is essential that practitioners performing skin assessments understand individuals with dark skin tones may represent at-risk persons. In addition, visual cues commonly associated with the identification of stage I and suspected deep tissue injury (sDTI) pressure ulcers may not be sufficient in persons with darkly pigmen...

Acral lentiginous melanoma affects the palms, soles, and nail apparatus. Around 3-15% of all cutaneous melanomas are located on the foot and have a poorer prognosis than melanoma elsewhere. Possible reasons for this prognostic difference may be omitting this area during routine skin check by both the patient and the physicians, in addition to misdiagnosis of melanoma as other benign skin lesion...

Background:A skin condition known as varicose ulcer, sometimes called venous stasis is characterised by open wounds that do not heal. It most common in the areas surrounding lower ankle and foot. This case describes therapeutic evaluation Uni5 approach treatment for a patient with similar instance of identified ulcer on her extremities. Case Presentation:A 59-year-old woman who had significant ...

General condition of the patient with ulcer Most of the patients examined at the hospital, both in the wards and the out-patient department, were poorly nourished, gave a history of repeated attacks of malaria, and were anaemic. Some showed definite clinical evidence of vitamin A deficiency (11 out of 22 cases examined), such as dry papular skin (' phrynoderma '), ichthyotic dry skin, xerosis, ...

We present a 36-year-old man with a severe pes equinus deformity of the ankle and an intractable ulcer over the Achilles tendon after a 4th-degree burn. He underwent a one-stage reconstructive surgical procedure using an anteromedial thigh flap with its vascularised fascia. After lengthening of the Achilles tendon and posterior release of the ankle, the anteromedial thigh fasciocutaneous flap w...

The study was aimed at characterizing the different Coagulasenegative staphylococci (CoNS) isolated from chronic skin ulcer out-patients attending four different hospitals in Kaduna State, Nigeria. A total of 292 swab samples were collected from January 2012 to January 2013. The samples were cultured using Chocolate and Blood agar media. Phenotypic characterization of the CoNS revealed the pres...