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The problem of preventing pressure ulcers in people with spinal cord injury pdf
Pressure ulcers are one of the most complex and challenging problems in all of healthcare and are a commonand costly secondary complication of living with aspinal cord injury (SCI).1 Controversy remains aboutthe precise mechanisms of pressure ulcer etiology.
Pressure ulcers are thought to be caused by localizedshear and/or compression over a prolonged periodover bony prominences at certain anatomic locations(e.g. sacrum), leading to ischemia and eventually necrosisof the overlying soft tissues. Ulcers can develop inresponse to pressure applied to an area of skin over avery short time or when less pressure is applied over alonger period.
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| Contributed by: | SCI Education Programme |
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| Authored on: | June 2018 |
| Licence: | © All rights reserved More information on licences |
| First contributed: | 26 February 2025 |
| Audience access level: | Full user |
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