title: National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel's updated pressure ulcer staging system.
abstract: The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel has updated the definition of a pressure ulcer and the stages of pressure ulcers based on current research and expert opinion solicited from hundreds of clinicians, educators, and researchers across the country. The amount of anatomical tissue loss described with each stage has not changed. New definitions were drafted to achieve accuracy, clarity, succinctness, clinical utility, and discrimination between and among the definitions of other pressure ulcer stages and other types of wounds. Deep tissue injury was also added as a distinct pressure ulcer in this updated system.
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baharestani
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cuddigan
authors.forename: Becky
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dorner
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Edsberg
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Langemo
authors.forename: Mary Ellen
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Posthauer
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ratliff
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Taler
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D015588:Observer Variation; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000150:complications; D014481:United States; D014945:Wound Healing