The prevalence of pain at pressure areas and pressure ulcers in hospitalised patients

BACKGROUND: Patients with pressure ulcers (PUs) report that pain is their most distressing symptom, but there are few PU pain prevalence studies. We sought to estimate the prevalence of unattributed pressure area related pain (UPAR pain) which was defined as pain, soreness or discomfort reported by...

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Main Authors: Briggs, Michelle, Collinson, Michelle, Wilson, Lyn, Rivers, Carly, McGinnis, Elizabeth, Dealey, Carol, Brown, Julia, Coleman, Susanne, Stubbs, Nikki, Stevenson, Rebecca, Nelson, E Andrea, Nixon, Jane
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765382/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23902583
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6955-12-19
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