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pressure ulcer

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pressure ulcer [′presh·ər ‚əl·sər]
(medicine)


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The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses (WOCN) Society recognizes and supports the fact, that a pressure ulcer evaluation represents one aspect of a comprehensive patient assessment which includes, but may not be limited to: history and physical examination, risk factors for pressure ulcer development, comorbidities, individual goals, and expectations.
2) During her inpatient stay, the patient developed septicaemia from an infected pressure ulcer and subsequently died.
A pressure ulcer is a lesion caused by unrelieved pressure that causes damage to underlying tissue and a breakdown in the skin.
 
 
 
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