Managing Pressures Ulcers in a Resource Constrained Situation: A Holistic Approach

Managing pressure ulcers remain a challenge and call for a multidisciplinary team approach to care. Even more daunting is the management of such patients in remote locations and in resource constrained situations. The management of pressure sores in a patient with progressive muscular atrophy has be...

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Autores principales: Dam, Abhijit, Datta, Nivedita, Mohanty, Usha Rani, Bandhopadhyay, Chandreyi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3276828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22346055
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.92354
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Sumario:Managing pressure ulcers remain a challenge and call for a multidisciplinary team approach to care. Even more daunting is the management of such patients in remote locations and in resource constrained situations. The management of pressure sores in a patient with progressive muscular atrophy has been discussed using resources that were locally available, accessible, and affordable. Community participation was encouraged. A holistic approach to care was adopted.

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