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Pressure sores in advanced disease: a flow diagram

Susan Bale

University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff

Claud Regnard

St Oswald's Hospice, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

The management of a patient with a pressure sore is a complex and difficult problem. Even with excellent nursing care, pressure sores can develop in the severely debilitated patient with malignancy. To reduce the likelihood of this happening three issues need to be considered: pressure relief, nutritional status and local management.

Key Words: bedsores • decubitus ulcers • palliative treatment • skin ulcer

Palliative Medicine, Vol. 3, No. 4, 263-265 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/026921638900300405
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