Pressure ulcers
Wound care specialists have the power to prevent pressure ulcers, as well as improve the experience of patients suffering from them.
Pressure ulcers significantly reduce the quality of life of patients and increase the costs of patient care, as well as the length of a hospital stay. The most notable feature of pressure ulcers is that most are preventable. It is up to the wound care specialist to devise effective strategies for reducing the prevalence of pressure ulcers; to identify patients at risk; and to implement effective strategies to reduce that risk. A sound knowledge of all the current issues surrounding the prevention, management and treatment of pressure ulcers is therefore essential.
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In this pressure ulcers supplement, JWC looks at key areas of this topic. These are just a few of the issues addressed in this supplement published by JWC:
- How can bioengineering help to prevent pressure ulcers and deep tissue injury for wheelchair users? What other considerations should clinicians take into account?
- Is the use of polarised light an effective method of preventing pressure ulceration in an adult intensive care unit?
- Why is it so important to correctly identify superficial pressure ulcers?
- How can practitioners differentiate between superficial pressure ulcers and other lesions?
- How effective is topical negative pressure in pressure ulcer management?
