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Palliative Wound Care at the End of Life
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The majority of people die from chronic degenerative diseases (Lynn, 1996). As the population ages and the incidence and prevalence of chronic conditions are widespread, patients' needs are increasing READ MORE
http://www.ahrq.gov/about/nursing/palliative.htm

Skin changes at life's end (SCALE): a consensus document
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The occurrence of pressure damage in the dying patient has been realised for many years. Charcot (1877) described a specific butterfly- shaped ulcer over the buttocks in patients who died soon af READ MORE
http://www.wounds-uk.com/pdf/content_9356.pdf

Kennedy Terminal Ulcers: A Palliative Care Unit's Experience over a 12 Month Per...
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Problem: The phenomenon of Kennedy Terminal Ulcers is not well understood. The term describes skin changes occurring in patients just prior to the end of life. Staff observing skin changes on our Pa READ MORE
http://www.acestar.uthscsa.edu/institute/su10/documents/109%20Trombley...

Not All Pressure Sores Are Avoidable
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The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel's recent consensus conference panelists agreed that patients who choose not to participate in their own pressure ulcer prevention could develop unavoidab READ MORE
http://www.npuap.org/A_UA%20Press%20Release.pdf

Pressure Sores
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Pressure sores (bedsores, decubitus ulcers, pressure ulcers) are areas of skin damage resulting from a lack of blood flow due to pressure. * Sores often result from pressure but may also result fro READ MORE
http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/sec18/ch205/ch205a.html

Bedsores (pressure sores)
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Bedsores, more accurately called pressure sores or pressure ulcers, are areas of damaged skin and tissue that develop when sustained pressure cuts off circulation to vulnerable parts of your body, esp READ MORE
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bedsores/DS00570
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