Pressure ulcers (or pressure sores, bedsores, decubiti or decubitis ulcers) are areas of localised damage or trauma to the skin and underlying tissue, caused by pressure, friction or shear. They generally occur over bony prominences such as the base of the spine, heels and hips and are most common in people with impaired mobility, spinal cord injuries, severe acute illness (patients in ICU) and...

BACKGROUND Pressure ulcers often seriously affect the quality of life of patients. Moist Exposed Burn Ointment (MEBO) has been developed to treat patients with pressure ulcers. The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of MEBO in the treatment of pressure ulcers in Chinese patients. METHODS Seventy-two patients with pressure ulcers were randomly assigned to 2 groups who rece...

Pressure ulcers are a common secondary complication in people with disabilities. With the increasing number of people suffering from pressure ulcers, it is urgent to develop efficient research methods and devices in order to understand etiological causes of such disease for developing proper prevention and treatment strategies. In this study, we introduce an efficient and robust indenter system...

The objective of this randomized, double-blind study was to determine if non-thermal pulsed electromagnetic energy treatment significantly increases the healing rate of pressure ulcers in patients with spinal cord injuries. Subjects included volunteers admitted to a Veteran's Administration Hospital in New York over a 2 year period and consisted of 30 male spinal cord-injured patients, 20 with ...

Pressure ulcers are serious health problems. Although a vast amount of literature addresses prevention and treatment strategies, conceptual difficulties persist regarding pressure ulcer definitions, classifications, and distinction from other tissue lesions. Based on a review of terminologies as well as current state of knowledge on pathophysiology and etiology, questions as to what pressure ul...