Local treatment of pressure ulcers in long-term care: a correlational cross-sectional study.

Objective: To analyse the treatment of pressure ulcers (PU) in long-term care.

Method: In this correlational cross-sectional study, data was collected between November 2015 and January 2016 from older people with PUs in private and public long-term care facilities in Finland. Data collection was conducted by trained nurses using the Pressure Ulcer Patient Instrument (PUP-Ins).

[Treatment path of wound patient in the HUC medical care district].

Unorganized care on chronic wounds is expensive. Resources are focused on the care of complicated wounds, although a significant proportion of the wounds could be prevented or treated at an early stage. Good care is cost-effective, a delayed care and inoperative treatment chain will waste money and resources.

Hip fracture and pressure ulcers - the Pan-European Pressure Ulcer Study - intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors.

Pressure ulcers (PU) in patients with hip fracture remain a problem. Incidence of between 8.8% and 55% have been reported.

Developing a pressure ulcer risk assessment scale for patients in long-term care.

Previous pressure ulcer risk assessment scales appear to have relied on opinions about risk factors and are based on care setting rather than research evidence. Utilizing 21 existing risk assessment scales and relevant risk factor literature, an instrument was developed by Finnish researchers that takes into account individual patient risk factors, devices and methods applied in nursing care, and organizational characteristics. The instrument underwent two pilot tests to assess the relevance and clarity of the instrument: the first involved 43 nurses and six patients; the second involved 50 nurses with expertise in wound care.

Patient satisfaction with delayed breast reconstruction: a prospective study.

Several studies have shown that mastectomy causes psychosocial disturbances and problems with body image. Patients experience inconvenience with an external prosthesis. Reconstruction can correct these disturbances and make prosthesis redundant.