{"title":"[PRESSURE ULCER – WHAT’S NEW]?","authors":"M Filipović, T Novinščak","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pressure ulcer is defined as a wound resulting from tissue ischemia due to prolonged continuous pressure on the protruding\nparts of the body. Pressure ulcer is a significant health problem that more often affects the elderly and disabled. It can be\nnoticed that a large number of patients who end up on prolonged and severe treatment are released from the hospital to\nhome care without or with mild degree pressure ulcers. Therefore, the conclusion is that patient care in hospital conditions\nis satisfactory. It is important to emphasize the importance of maintaining the same level of care for patients at a high risk of\npressure ulcers, considering all recommendations and innovations in preventing development of pressure ulcers.</p>","PeriodicalId":35756,"journal":{"name":"Acta Medica Croatica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta Medica Croatica","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Pressure ulcer is defined as a wound resulting from tissue ischemia due to prolonged continuous pressure on the protruding
parts of the body. Pressure ulcer is a significant health problem that more often affects the elderly and disabled. It can be
noticed that a large number of patients who end up on prolonged and severe treatment are released from the hospital to
home care without or with mild degree pressure ulcers. Therefore, the conclusion is that patient care in hospital conditions
is satisfactory. It is important to emphasize the importance of maintaining the same level of care for patients at a high risk of
pressure ulcers, considering all recommendations and innovations in preventing development of pressure ulcers.
期刊介绍:
ACTA MEDICA CROATICA publishes original contributions to medical sciences, that have not been previously published. All manuscripts should be written in English.