A systematic literature review, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, found no evidence supporting a benefit to antibacterial therapy for osteomyelitis in patients with stage IV sacral pressure ...

Having considered the various meta-analyses done by the EAC, the committee preferred the meta-analysis of the 3 randomised controlled trials and concluded that any benefit provided by Mepilex Border ...

I am a new charge nurse in a skilled nursing facility and was surprised when one of our doctors ordered a tetanus vaccination for a resident with a sacral stage 4 ulcer. Should I have been? No, you ...

Report of an unusual case, where a Marjolin's ulcer that developed 2.5 years after surgical excision and successful closure. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit and the ...

The present report comprises the entire program of the management of decubitus ulcers in 130 paraplegic patients treated at Halloran General Hospital over a fifteen-month period, beginning in April, ...

Reviewing cases where infectious disease specialists are not treating obvious symptoms of soft tissue infections from hospital or nursing home acquired bedsores We are seeing infectious disease ...

Are you aware of any type of fecal containment system that may assist us with very loose stools that keep contaminating sacral ulcers? Yes, there is one fairly new product that comes to mind.

Pressure Ulcers: The Source of the Controversy Taking a Stand: Avoidable and Unavoidable Pressure Ulcers Dilemmas Faced By Nursing Staff Prevention of Pressure Ulcers: What's Next? References Taking a ...

Grade 3/4 decubitus ulcers are not compatible with life and long-term complications caused by prolonged conservative care for these diagnoses have risks as well Clearly, if a VAC pack is used on a ...