Will all pressure ulcers heal?
Clinicians today are faced with the need to justify their care through outcomes data. However, this is difficult with chronic, nonhealing wounds or pressure ulcers, which do not follow the expected trajectory of wound healing. Therefore, outcomes are unpredictable. This paper discusses the phases of wound healing and progress toward identifying outcomes for chronic wounds, as well as future directions in research.
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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D014945:Wound Healing