Pressure Ulcers

Pressure Ulcers

Selected articles and automatically-renewing searches on pressure ulcers.

Bates-Jensen BM, MacLean CH. Quality indicators for the care of pressure ulcers in vulnerable elders.J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55 Suppl 2:S409-16.

Javaheri A, Bluestein D. Pressure Ulcers in Older AdultsElder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers. June 2009 (updated  June 2010).

McInnes E, Dumville JC, Jammali-Blasi A, Bell-Syer SE. Support surfaces for treating pressure ulcers. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Dec 7;12:CD009490. PubMed PMID: 22161450. 
 

Pham B, Stern A, Chen W, et al.Preventing pressure ulcers in long-term care: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171(20):1839-47. PubMed PMID: 21949031.

Pham B, Teague L, Mahoney J, et al. Early prevention of pressure ulcers among elderly patients admitted through emergency departments: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Nov;58(5):468-78.e3. PubMed PMID: 21820208.


 


PubMed Alerts

Continuously updated PubMed searches on the following pressure ulcer subtopics: (Limits: Humans, English, Aged 65+ years)

Classification
Complications/Mortality
Diagnosis
Drug Therapy
Economics
Epidemiology
Nursing
Pathology/Physiopathology
Prevention and Control
Psychology
Rehabilitation/Therapy
Surgery