title: Practice guidelines for management of pressure ulcers.
abstract: Pressure ulcers are a significant and increasing source of human suffering. The precise number of people who have pressure ulcers is unknown. However, conservative estimates indicate that well over a million persons in hospitals and nursing homes suffer from pressure ulcers. One large study found that one in four Americans who died in 1987 had a dermal ulcer. The prevalence of pressure ulcers is almost certain to grow due to increasing numbers of fragile elderly and survivors of serious trauma.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Katz
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000451:nursing*