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Pressure Injuries:
Do We Know What We Know?
How Current Research Is Shaping Future Risk Assessment
ot too long ago, pressure injuries were pressure ulcers or pressure sores, and clinicians were only taught to watch for changes in the color, texture and temperature of patients’
skin. Then came research into and understanding of deep tissue injuries, which occur internally and can’t be observed at surface-of- the-skin levels. Now in answer to that, new studies have examined how ultrasound technology can play a role in risk assessment — and could shape wheelchair seating development going forward.
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