Pressure sores are localized areas of tissue breakdown in skin and/or underlying tissue. They are painful, difficult to treat, and represent a burden to the community in terms of health care and money. Massive efforts to prevent pressure sores have not resulted in a reduction of the prevalence. This is at least partly due to a lack of understanding of the etiology of pressure sores. The goal of...

BACKGROUND A National Spina Bifida Patient Registry (NSBPR) was begun in 2009 to help understand the natural history of spina bifida (SB) and the effects of treatments provided by SB clinics. We used the NSBPR to explore the relationship of sociodemographic characteristics with SB outcomes. METHODS Using NSBPR data collected in 2009 to 2012, we examined the unadjusted association between demo...

UNLABELLED Nasal ala pressure sores are among complications of nasogastric tube in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). The severity of the injury is usually minor and easily ignored. However, the complication could be easily avoided. This is a case of nasal ala sore after the placement of nasal enteral tube in a pediatric intensive care unit in our center. A 5-month-old female with pulmonary ...

Turning patients who are immobile is usually undertaken expressly to prevent pressure sores. Here the authors highlight some of the other factors that need to be taken into account when nursing dependent and/or immobile patients.