Pressure injuries are areas of local tissue trauma, usually developing where soft tissues are compressed between bony prominences and any external surface for prolonged time periods.
The SWRWCP’s Pressure Injury Assessment and Management Algorithm Guideline: The Assessment of People with Pressure Injuries Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk The Braden Q Scale
Pressure Injury Risk Reduction Interventions NPUAP Staging System for Pressure Injuries (Updated 2016)
Interdisciplinary Pressure Injury Contributing Factors Assessment Tool
Guideline: The Management of People with Pressure Injuries
Assessment and Management of Pressure Injuries for the Interprofessional Team, Third Edition (RNAO) Best Practice Recommendations for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Update 2006 (WCC) Best Practice Statement: Eliminating Pressure Ulcers (Wounds International) Pressure Ulcers in Neonates and Children: An NPUAP White Paper (NPUAP) Pressure Ulcers in People Receiving Palliative Care: National Pressure Ulcer Advisor Panel White Paper (NPUAP) Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Quick Reference Guide (EPUAP) Pressure Ulcer Pain: A Systematic Literature Review and National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel White Paper (NPUAP) Risk Assessment and Prevention of Pressure Ulcers (RNAO) SCALE (Skin Changes at Life’s End) Final Consensus Statement (EPUAP) The Role of Nutrition in Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment: National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel White Paper (NPUAP) A Prospective, Multicenter Study to Validate use of the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH) in Patients with Diabetic, Venous, and Pressure Ulcers (OWM) The Identification of Barriers to Pressure Ulcer Healing Using Nutrition/Hydration-related Blood Work (WCC)“Integrated, evidence-informed skin and wound care every person, every health care sector, every day.”
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European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP)