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Pressure ulcers: prevention and management

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  • Reference number: CG179
  • Published:  23 April 2014
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Research recommendations coming out of this guidance

  • Debridement:- What is the effect of enzymatic debridement of non-viable tissue compared with sharp
    debridement on the rate of healing of pressure ulcers in adults?

  • Negative pressure wound therapy:- Does negative pressure wound therapy (with appropriate dressing) improve the healing of pressure ulcers, compared with the use of dressing alone in adults with pressure ulcers?

  • Risk assessment in neonates, infants, children and young people:- Which pressure ulcer tools are most effective for predicting pressure ulcer risk in children?

  • Pressure redistributing devices: Dopressure redistributing devices reduce the development of pressure ulcers for those who are at risk of developing a pressure ulcer?

  • Repositioning:- When repositioning a person who is at risk of developing a pressure ulcer, what is the most effective position – and optimum frequency of repositioning – to prevent a pressure ulcer
    developing?

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