Research recommendation(s) from an individual piece of guidance
- Guidance:
- Pressure ulcers: prevention and management
- Date issued:
Research recommendations coming out of this guidance
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Debridement:- What is the effect of enzymatic debridement of non-viable tissue compared with sharp
debridement on the rate of healing of pressure ulcers in adults? - Negative pressure wound therapy:- Does negative pressure wound therapy (with appropriate dressing) improve the healing of pressure ulcers, compared with the use of dressing alone in adults with pressure ulcers?
- Risk assessment in neonates, infants, children and young people:- Which pressure ulcer tools are most effective for predicting pressure ulcer risk in children?
- Pressure redistributing devices: Dopressure redistributing devices reduce the development of pressure ulcers for those who are at risk of developing a pressure ulcer?
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Repositioning:- When repositioning a person who is at risk of developing a pressure ulcer, what is the most effective position – and optimum frequency of repositioning – to prevent a pressure ulcer
developing?