Prevention and Treatment for Pressure Ulcer (review)
10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2015.11.012
- VernacularTitle:压疮的综合防治
- Author:
Shengying CHENG
;
Linjin RAN
;
Lamei LIU
;
Yunfang TU
;
Yuan ZENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
pressure ulcer;
stage;
risk factors;
evaluation;
prevention;
treatment;
review
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2015;(11):1290-1293
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Pressure ulcer is a kind of cutaneous and subcutaneous exelcosis and necrosis as suffered long-term pressure. Pressure ulcer mainly related with age, long-term in bed, chronic diseases, lower resistibility, vasculitis and less activities, as well as long-term pressing, poor blood circulation and untidy body environment. Pressure ulcer can be classified into 4 stages with severity. The risk to pressure ulcer should be evaluated, mainly with Braden score. Prevention of pressure ulcer included keeping clean, avoiding long-term pressure and find-ing potential pressure ulcer as soon as possible, based on improving the system situation and dealing with original diseases. For the patients suffered from pressure ulcer, it was important to decompress, debride the wound, keep humidity, and apply some new dressing with external drugs and vacuum sealing draining (VSD) and good psychological nurse and communication.
