Pressure ulcer care in critically ill patients and progress.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 19 Pressure ulcer care in critically ill patients and progress [Keywords:] pressure ulcer care in critically ill patients Over the past decade, domestic and international pressure ulcers in critically ill patients awareness and prevention has much in common, but the occurrence of pressure ulcers and prevention point of view there are some key differences. Lack of nursing resources, often when the patients had pressure sores take care measures, rather than the use of nursing process to identify and solve patient problems. how to our situation and to promote prevention of pressure ulcers in critically ill patients is urgent to resolve the validity of a subject, critically ill patients in critical condition, combined with prolonged bed rest, prone to pressure sores [1]. In order to better address the scientific attitude and approach the problem of pressure sore prevention, especially to some of these points are summarized below. 1 on the knowledge of pressure ulcer The earliest known as bedsores pressure sores, comes from the Latin “decub”, meaning “lie down”, so easy to misinterpret as a pressure sore ulcers caused by lying. In fact, pressure sores often occur in lying or long-term sitting (such as wheelchair patients, and not just caused by the lying. fundamental cause pressure sores, the most important factor is the pressure caused by local tissue ischemia and hypoxia, so called “pressure ulcers” is more appropriate. Local tissue pressure sore pressure on the body for too long or long-term physical and chemical stimulation of neurotrophic factors in disorders and blood circulation, local tissue ischemia and malnutrition continue to cause loss of normal function of the skin, caused by defects and damage. Pressure sore is common clinical complications, not the original disease, which most of the primary disease because of other very good care without causing damage. in the event of pressure ulcers, not only to patients