Sitting and pressure ulcers. 1: Risk factors, self-repositioning and other interventions.
This is the first in a two-part unit on continuous unrelieved sitting and its role in pressure ulcer development. The unit highlights points from new Tissue Viability Society (2009) guidelines. This part examines risk factors and interventions involving self-repositioning in vulnerable patients.
Stockton
Lesley
L
School of Health Sciences, University of Liverpool.
Flynn
Maria
M
D006801:Humans; D011187:Posture; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors