title: Acute patient care: pressure areas.
abstract: Life-saving and diagnostic procedures are vital in the acute care situation, but a few simple precautions for patients particularly at risk may prevent the later development of a serious and unwanted complication: the pressure sore.
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Lowthian
mesh_terms: D001513:Beds; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors