Leczenie Ran

Abstract

3-4/2019 vol. 16
Review paper

Pressure ulcers – risk assessment, diagnosis and treatment

Izabela Kuberka 1
,
Joanna Głowacz 1
,
Marta Bakowska 2
  1. Zakład Chorób Układu Nerwowego, Katedra Pielęgniarstwa Klinicznego, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Uniwersytet Medyczny we Wrocławiu
  2. Specjalistyczny Ośrodek Leczenia Ran i Zespołu Stopy Cukrzycowej MAGMA-MED, Rzeszów
LECZENIE RAN 2019; 16 (3-4): 74-78
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/lr.2019.94619
Online publish date: 2020/04/24
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Pressure ulcers arises mainly as a result of two processes: occlusion of blood vessels by pressure acting from outside and microvascular endothelial damage caused by the shear forces. The most vulnerable group for their occurrence are covered by long-term care patients and patients staying in the intensive care unit. Number of immobilized continues to grow, thereby bedsores are becoming an increasing problem for the modern nursing.

Keywords

pressure ulcers, development of pressure ulcers, prevention, anti-bedsore prevention, risk assessment, the scale point

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