title: Pressure injuries: causes and prevention.
abstract: Pressure injuries are caused by peripheral circulatory failure in acutely ill or traumatized patients, which is exacerbated by increased tissue deformability over bony prominences as a result of hypotension, dehydration or poor muscle tone.
authors: Bryning Day Hospital, Homerton Hospital, London.
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Bliss
mesh_terms: D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors