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Pressure Ulcer Review

Contributing factors
Pressure / Shear /Friction
Moisture
Nutritional Debilitation
History of previously healed ulcers

Frailty
Low Blood Pressure
Elevated Body Temperature
Diabetes

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High Risk Sites

 Sacrum 36 - 49%

 Heel 19 - 36%

 Ischium 6 - 16%

 Trochanter 6 -
11%

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