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Ask the experts - Paulo Alves on prevalence of pressure ulceration
By: [Missing author], July 23 2012Posted in: Ask the Experts
Is the prevalence of pressure ulceration increasing? If so, why? If not, why?1
Mölnlycke Health Care, together with some of the world’s leading experts, hosted an outstanding symposium on pressure ulcer prevention during this year’s European Wound Management Association’s conference in Vienna. Immediately after the symposium, the experts Professor Michael Clark (Visiting Professor of Tissue Viability, Faculty of Health, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom; President of the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel), Paulo Alves (Assistant Teacher, Health Science Institute, Catholic University of Portugal, Porto, Portugal), and Professor Cees Oomens (Associate Professor in Biomechanics and Continuummechanics, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands) answered questions from visitors to molnlycke.com and less-pain.com relating to the role of dressings in the prevention of pressure ulcers.
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Next week will publish Paulo Alves answer to: What characteristics should dressings for use in the prevention of pressure ulcers possess?