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Expensive wounds

Expensive wounds

Pressure ulcers place a major burden on healthcare systems worldwide. These painful wounds can severely affect...

Ulcer history New

Ulcer history

Pressure ulcers are not a new phenomenon. The first reports in literature dates back thousands of years. During recent decades...

Risk factors

Risk factors

Both intrinsic and extrinsic factors must be considered, general health, nutritional status, skin moisture, age and...

Ulcer categories

Ulcer categories

To describe the state of a wound, EPUAP and NPUAP1 recommend that pressure ulcers be divided into categories...

Prevention strategies New

Prevention strategies

A pressure ulcer prevention strategy should always include risk and skin assessments, provision of correct nutritional...

Successful treatment

Successful treatment

Patients at high risk of developing pressure ulcers can be identified before ulcers occur if risk is assessed – however...

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  • A multinational survey of the assessment of pain

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Radiotherapy (3)

  • Mepilex Lite - Clinically proven to work
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  • Causes of a venous leg ulcer
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Post operative blistering (2)

  • Preventing post operative blistering
  • What are the demands on a surgical dressing?

Diabetic foot ulcer (8)

  • Annual Visual Inspection and Identification of the Foot at Risk
  • Correct foot wear
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Wound care dressing how-tos (20)

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  • Avance assortment
  • Avance NPWT system training

Patient warming (2)

  • Clinical study assessing the safety and efficacy of BARRIER® EasyWarm®
  • About patient hypothermia

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