作者: David R Thomas
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259808002591
关键词: Internal medicine 、 Surgery 、 Disease cluster 、 Pathological 、 Total population 、 Malnutrition 、 Neurologically impaired 、 Blood supply 、 Medicine 、 Geriatric population
摘要: Pressure ulcers are the visible evidence of pathological changes in blood supply to dermal tissues. rare, affecting only about 0.5% total population. The distribution is clustered into two groups, peaking once younger, mostly neurologically impaired persons and again older persons. cluster geriatric population accounts for 70% all pressure ulcers.