Bed Sore FAQ
Bed Sore FAQ is a resource for caregivers and families dealing with a bed sore that may have developed during an admission to a nursing home or hospitalization.
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May 17, 12 06:47AM
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May 01, 12 07:54AMAccording to a recent study from Johns Hopkins University, a daily skin care regimen might be an elderly patient’s best weapon in warding off bed sores. Among the study’s findings, which w ere...
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Apr 02, 12 09:16AMA study conducted by the Las Vegas Sun found that Nevada hospitals grossly underreport incidences of advanced bed sores. The two-year study, which analyzed hospital billing data, said that 72 ulcers o ccurred...
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Mar 20, 12 09:12AM“Unrelieved pressure” may seem like an innocent term, but in the context of a patient at a medical facility with compromised mobility, it is anything but innocent. Rather, when patie nts...
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Mar 09, 12 09:28AMWhen a loved one has a pressure sore, many families find themselves at loss for interpreting blood lab work and how it relates to the treatment and progression of the wound. Below is a exp lanation...
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Mar 05, 12 06:58AMSeptic shock, also referred to as severe sepsis, septicemic shock, endotoxic shock, warm shock or bacteremic shock, is a very serious medical condition that is indicative of the advanced form of sepsi s...
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Mar 01, 12 08:02AMA recent report from Empowher.com says elderly patients with paraplegia are especially susceptible to developing bed sores, or decubitus ulcers. Empowher defines paraplegia as “paralys is...
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Feb 27, 12 06:54AMOf course, no one ever enters a medical facility expecting to get sicker. Unfortunately, thousands of people who enter nursing homes and hospitals every year for medical treatment or rehabilitat ive...
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Feb 20, 12 06:53AMFrequently associated with patients who have developed bed sores (also referred to as: pressure sores, pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcers), sepsis is a systemic infection that can cause rapid deterio ration...
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Feb 13, 12 09:01AMOriginating from the Latin term meaning “to lay down”—decubitus ulcers are perhaps most accurately categorized as an open wound on the skin that can penetrate to the surrounding tiss ues...
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