Prelude to death or practice failure? Trombley-Brennan terminal tissue injuries.
A group of palliative care nurses wanted to investigate the phenomenon they were witnessing in their end-of-life patients. There was a rapid onset of skin change characterized by bruising on various parts of the body in these patients. Traditionally they were described as pressure ulcers. However, the skin changes did not progress as typical pressure ulcers and warranted more investigation.
North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
Kathy
K
Trombley
Mary R
MR
Brennan
Lily
L
Thomas
Myriam
M
Kline
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013727:Terminal Care; D013997:Time Factors