[Dietary supplements such as nutrient drinks have no role in the prevention of pressure sores].
Pressure sores are the result of primary intrinsic factors like pressure, shear and friction forces combined with secondary extrinsic factors such as old age, malnutrition, immobility, incontinence, and poor physical and mental health. A cause-and-effect relationship between malnutrition and decubitus ulcers has never been established. There is insufficient evidence that dietary interventions can decrease the incidence of pressure sores.
Houwing
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Deventer Ziekenhuis, afd. Dermatologie, Postbus 5001, 7400 GC Deventer. houwingr@dz.nl
Mathus-Vliegen
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D001510:Bed Rest / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001628:Beverages; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications; D009752:Nutritional Status; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy