OBJECTIVE To evaluate blood and serum markers in traumatic spinal cord injured (SCI) patients, with and without pressure sores. METHODS This cross-sectional study was performed at the Ministry of Health Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit, and Numune Education and Research Hospitals, Ankara, Turkey, from 2006-2008. A total of 23 SCI patients with pressure sores (group I) and a control group of 25 SCI pa...

Background and aims: Pressure sores are areas of tissue in the elderly or patients who can no independently change their situation happening pressure sores significant financial burden on health care systems impose a negative impact on quality of life and their frequency. Change the status of patients in hospitals or long-term care for the prevention of pressure ulcers is a common strategy. Met...

OBJECTIVE To determine how nursing home characteristics affect pressure sores and disruptive behaviour. METHOD Residents (n = 5518, aged > or =60 years) were selected from 70 nursing homes in the National Health Care chain. Homes were classified as high- or low-risk based on incidence tertiles of pressure sores or disruptive behaviour (1989-90). Point-prevalence and cumulative incidence of pr...

AIM Muscular flaps are considered by many surgeons as a treatment of choice for pressure sores. Nevertheless fasciocutaneous and adipofascial flaps are less sensitive to ischemia, more resistant to pressure and have higher mechanical resistance. The aim of this study is to evaluate the results of our integrated rehabilitative and surgical protocol in pressure sore management based on the use of...

BACKGROUND Pressure sores are common and affect 10-20% of all institutionalized patients. Health personnel should have sufficient knowledge of prevention, evaluation and treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS This article is based on a non-systematic search in Medline and EMBASE, and the authors' own clinical experience. RESULTS The causes of pressure sores are mechanical pressure, shear and frict...