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Pressure Ulcers develop from ?
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MMAFINE
Mental status Moisture Age Friction and shearing Nutrition/Hydration External Pressure |
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Stages of pressure ulcers is from ?-? and there are some stage in between and before a pressure ulcer starts.
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1-4
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The stage before a pressure ulcer starts is called ? which is a precursor to a PU. It is a ? redness.
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Hyperemia
Blanchable |
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Stage 1 PU is ? when pressed on
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non-blancable
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Stage 2 PU is ? in skin integrity and can have ? in the wound
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break
slough |
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Stage 3 PU involves ? tissue.
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Subcutaneous
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Stage 4 PU involves seeing ? and it is ? tissue thickness loss.
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Bone, muscle, tendon
full |
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? is dead tissue that has not turned black yet.
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slough
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Unstageable PU is a full thickness tissue loss in which the base of the ulcer is covered by ? and ? in the wound bed.
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slough and escar
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With PU's we need to be able to see the wound ? e.g.If the wound has a blister we can't see the wound bed.
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bed
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