PrU prevention involves position shifting (that optimally should occur hourly), education
(e.g., about skin care and the importance of movement), and using barrier hygienic products
to protect skin in incontinent or otherwise high-risk patients (see Quick Lesson About …
Pressure Ulcers: Prevention ). PrU treatment regimens include alleviation of pressure, pain
management, wound care, debridement of necrotic tissue, good nutrition, use of topical
or systemic antibiotics if there is infection, and invasive surgical treatment (in cases of
healing-resistant large PrUs. See Quick Lesson About … Pressure Ulcers: Therapy – an
Overview ). Potential complications of PrUs include sepsis, cellulitis, and osteomyelitis (see
Quick Lesson About … Pressure Ulcers: an Overview ).
PrU prevention involves position shifting (that optimally should occur hourly), education(e.g., about skin care and the importance of movement), and using barrier hygienic productsto protect skin in incontinent or otherwise high-risk patients (see Quick Lesson About …Pressure Ulcers: Prevention ). PrU treatment regimens include alleviation of pressure, painmanagement, wound care, debridement of necrotic tissue, good nutrition, use of topicalor systemic antibiotics if there is infection, and invasive surgical treatment (in cases ofhealing-resistant large PrUs. See Quick Lesson About … Pressure Ulcers: Therapy – anOverview ). Potential complications of PrUs include sepsis, cellulitis, and osteomyelitis (seeQuick Lesson About … Pressure Ulcers: an Overview ).
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