Pressure ulcers – risk assessment, diagnosis and treatment

Izabela Kuberka; Joanna Głowacz; Marta Bakowska

doi:10.5114/lr.2019.94619

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Review paper

Pressure ulcers – risk assessment, diagnosis and treatment

Izabela Kuberka

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,

Joanna Głowacz

¹

,

Marta Bakowska

²

Zakład Chorób Układu Nerwowego, Katedra Pielęgniarstwa Klinicznego, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Uniwersytet Medyczny we Wrocławiu

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.

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Pressure ulcers – risk assessment, diagnosis and treatment

Izabela Kuberka 1 , Joanna Głowacz 1 , Marta Bakowska 2

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

Izabela Kuberka

¹

,

Joanna Głowacz

¹

,

Marta Bakowska

²