[A hospital stay without bedsores]

Rev Infirm. 2013 Oct:(194):40-2. doi: 10.1016/j.revinf.2013.07.023.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A hospital stay without bedsores. The skin of elderly people is thin and fragile. After extended bed-rest, the skin's resources are rapidly depleted. The risk of bedsores becomes imminent. But a high-quality multi-disciplinary partnership can prevent bedsores in elderly patients with multiple illnesses. Example around a clinical case.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Hospitalization*
  • Humans
  • Pressure Ulcer / nursing
  • Pressure Ulcer / prevention & control*