Practice Dilemmas: Conditions That Mimic Pressure Ulcers/Injuries- To Be or Not To Be?
| Autor: | Ruth Bryant, Diane Maydick-Youngberg, Elizabeth Faust, Salomé Loera, Jessica Miles, Joy Schank, Holly Kirkland-Kyhn, Oleg Teleten, Diane Sandman, Sanaz Martin, Alura Barsun, Emily Greenstein, Melania Howell, Karen Bauer, Anthony Tickner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Pressure Ulcer
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Organ dysfunction MEDLINE Cancer autoimmune disease General Medicine medicine.disease diagnostic errors Wound care trauma medicine Etiology Injury (total) Accidents/Adverse Effects Humans Medical history vascular diseases medicine.symptom business Intensive care medicine Skin lesion Skin |
| Zdroj: | Wound management & prevention, vol 67, iss 2 |
| ISSN: | 2640-5245 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Pressure ulcers/injuries (PU/Is) negatively affect patients by causing pain and increasing morbidity and mortality risks. Care teams have a heightened sense of awareness of the condition and may feel confident in their ability to appropriately identify and manage PU/Is, but the potential for, and consequences of, a misdiagnosis always should be considered. PURPOSE: The purpose of this compendium is to describe and illustrate conditions that may mimic PU/Is. METHODS: Advanced practice wound care nurses were asked to identify and describe conditions that may mimic PU/Is. Permission was obtained from all patients to use their cases and photos in this article. RESULTS: Sixteen (16) different skin and wound presentations resulting from vascular diseases, systemic infections, trauma, cancer, autoimmune disorders, coagulopathies, and multisystem organ dysfunction were identified and described. CONCLUSION: A complete patient history and assessment will help prevent misidentification of the etiology of a skin lesion or wound and misdiagnosis of these lesions as PU/Is. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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