It is much easier to keep a pressure sore from developing than to heal one that has begun. A pressure sore, or decubitus ulcer, is skin […]

About 11,000 people suffer spinal cord injuries every year in the USA, and more than 250,000 people are living with this type of injury. Paralysis Increases […]

There are some individuals in which pressure ulcer development is unavoidable: Conditions were identified that may lead to unavoidable pressure ulcers (e.g., hemodynamic instability and impaired […]

In the nursing home environment, the prevalence of pressure ulcers is in the range of 2.6-24%. The incidence is 25% in residents admitted from an acute […]

Among nursing home residents at high risk for bed sores, decubitus ulcers and / or pressure sores, black patients are more likely than whites to develop […]

When bed sores are identified in their early stages a patient’s chances of a full recovery are quite good. Unfortunately, when facilities are slow to acknowledge […]

Bed Sores are Caused by Pressure A bed sore, also called a pressure ulcer, is an area of skin damaged after a two to three-hour loss […]

Bed sores also go by the identity of decubitus ulcers and they are ulcers of the skin that appear due to prolonged pressure. Bed sores are […]

Bed Sores can Cause Sepsis If your loved one has a bed sore and is later diagnosed with sepsis then there is a strong likelihood that […]

Debridement is a Critical Part of Wound Care Stage I and stage II pressure sores usually heal within several weeks to months with conservative care of […]