The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel recently made significant updates to the definitions and staging system for pressure ulcers to reflect the latest evidence and trending practice changes.

The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel redefined the definition of a pressure ulcer and the stages of pressure ulcers in 2007, including the original 4 stages and adding 2 stages on deep tissue ...

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PRINCETON, N.J., March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pocket Guide to Pressure Ulcers, the popular bedside resource tool used by thousands of clinicians nationwide, is now available as a ...

Healthcare providers may be able to reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers by using a real-time continuous bedside pressure measurement (CBPM) system that lights up in colors ...

Pressure ulcers or bedsores are not only nasty unsafe for patients, simply put they're also nasty business for hospitals at a time they are trying to control costs and improve patient outcomes. The ...

Researchers at the University of Chicago have found that the number and severity of pressure ulcers suffered by Medicare residents in U.S. nursing homes is substantially underreported, leading to ...