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Pressure Sores

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Geriatric Medicine

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A pressure sore is one of those common clinical problems to which many physicians have been exposed, but about which few possess any knowledge. In part, this is due to the facts that these festering wounds often occur in patients who are deemed “undesirable,”1 that their management is frustrating and fatiguing for both physician and patient, and that the topic is viewed as intellectually unattractive by health care providers. This lack of interest has led to inadequate attention to prevention, the institution of ineffective therapeutic measures, increases in health care expenditures, and adverse impacts on patient morbidity and mortality. In this chapter, we will review the salient features of the pathophysiology and management of pressure sores, highlighting issues that are particularly germane to the geriatric population.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Section of General Internal Medicine, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Christine K. Cassel M.D. (Chief) (Chief)

  2. Journal of the American Medical Association, 60610, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Donald E. Riesenberg M.D. (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine) (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine)

  3. Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Donald E. Riesenberg M.D. (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine) (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine)

  4. Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Leif B. Sorensen M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Chief) (Associate Chief)

  5. Geriatric Medicine, Portland V.A. Medical Center, 97207, Portland, Oregon, USA

    John R. Walsh M.D. (Chief) (Chief)

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Cooney, T.G., Reuler, J.B. (1990). Pressure Sores. In: Cassel, C.K., Riesenberg, D.E., Sorensen, L.B., Walsh, J.R. (eds) Geriatric Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2093-8_39

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