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Clinical practice guidelines
Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Quick Reference Guide
Description:
Multiple multi-national pressure ulcer/injury advisory panel groups came together to develop clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers. This Quick Reference Guide in electronic form is available free online and contains recommendations at all stages of pressure injury management from skin and tissue risk assessment to wound care and options for non-healing wounds and specific recommendations for special populations such as older adults and bariatric individuals. More comprehensive guideline available for purchase online.
Author(s):
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel and Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance
Publisher:
Cambridge Media
Year:
2014 2nd ed.