title: Pressure ulcer staging revisited: superficial skin changes & Deep Pressure Ulcer Framework©.
abstract: Deficiencies in the current pressure ulcer classification system create the impetus for the current discourse on the clinical, legal, and economic implications of staging and considering shifting the paradigm in pressure ulcer description and assessment.
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R Gary
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Sibbald
authors.forename: Diane L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Krasner
authors.forename: Kevin Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Woo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002081:Buttocks; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index