title: The role of nutrition for pressure ulcer management: national pressure ulcer advisory panel, European pressure ulcer advisory panel, and pan pacific pressure injury alliance white paper.
abstract: Nutrition and hydration play an important role in preserving skin and tissue viability and in supporting tissue repair for pressure ulcer (PrU) healing. The majority of research investigating the relationship between nutrition and wounds focuses on PrUs. This white paper reviews the 2014 National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, and Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance Nutrition Guidelines and discusses nutrition strategies for PrU management.
authors.affiliation: Mary Ellen Posthauer, RDN, LD, CD, FAND • President • MEP Healthcare Dietary Services, Inc • Evansville, Indiana Merrilyn Banks, PhD • Director • Nutrition and Dietetics • Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital • Herston, Queensland, Australia Becky Dorner, RDN, LD, FAND • President • Becky Dorner & Associates, Inc, and Nutrition Consulting Services, Inc • Naples, Florida Jos M. G. A. Schols, MD, PhD • Professor of Old Age Medicine • Department of Family Medicine and Department of Health Services Research • Maastricht University • Maastricht, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Mary Ellen
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Posthauer
authors.forename: Merrilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Banks
authors.forename: Becky
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dorner
authors.forename: Jos M G A
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Schols
mesh_terms: D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*