The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel redefined the definition of a pressure ulcer and the stages of pressure ulcers in 2007, including the original 4 stages and adding 2 stages on deep tissue ...

Once they occur, pressure ulcers in the older adult may lead to sepsis and death. A key to prevention is early detection of at-risk patients with a valid and reliable pressure ulcer risk ...

Medically reviewed by Edmund Khoo, DDSCanker sores and oral cancer lesions may seem similar but there are ways to tell the ...

Patients with axSpA and early-stage hypertension face elevated risks for CVEs, likely due to their high inflammatory burden.

"Pressure ulcers often develop in patients with spinal cord injury starting during the early hospitalization, affecting roughly half of the patients. While underrecognized as immunologically ...