Trial reportInternational wound journal2015
Dressings as an adjunct to pressure ulcer prevention: consensus panel recommendations.
Trial report in International wound journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effectiveness of using a new polyurethane foam multi-layer dressing in the sacral area to prevent the onset of pressure ulcer in the elderly with hip fractures: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial.International wound journal · 2018Trial
- Effectiveness of a Single-Use Polyurethane Foam Positioning Pad Compared With Five-Layer Foam Sacral Dressing for Pressure Ulcer Prevention in the Operating Room: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Shear Force Redistribution and Microclimate in Foam Dressings Indicated for Pressure Injury Prevention.Advances in skin & wound care · 2025Article
- Pressure Distribution Properties in Wound Dressings Using Heel and Sacrum Indenters Under Clinically Relevant Loads.Advances in skin & wound care · 2025Article
- Intensive Care Nurses' Perceptions, Knowledge, and Attitudes Toward Pressure Injury Prevention in Prone Position Patients: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study in Shanghai, China.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- Influence of severity of illnesses on risk of death in intensive care unit patients with severity of pressure injuries as mediating variable.International wound journal · 2024Article
- Sustainable pressure injury prevention.BMJ open quality · 2023Article
- Predictive application of foam dressing on preventing of auricle pressure injury caused by ear dressing.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Preventing pressure injury in open-heart surgical patients: A systematic review.Health science reports · 2023Article
- The clinical effectiveness of an integrated multidisciplinary evidence-based program to prevent intraoperative pressure injuries in high-risk children undergoing long-duration surgical procedures: A quality improvement study.International wound journal · 2022Article
- Novel Three-Dimensional Knitted Fabric for Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Preliminary Clinical Application and Testing in a Diabetic Mouse Model of Pressure Ulcers.Archives of plastic surgery · 2022Article
- Application of the Care Bundle in Perioperative Nursing Care of the Type A Aortic Dissection.International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
- Mepilex Border Sacrum and Heel Dressings for the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers: A NICE Medical Technology Guidance.Applied health economics and health policy · 2019Review
- Effectiveness of a multi-layer foam dressing in preventing sacral pressure ulcers for the early acute care of patients with a traumatic spinal cord injury: comparison with the use of a gel mattress.International wound journal · 2017Article
- Pressure Mapping Comparison of Four OR Surfaces.AORN journal · 2015Article
- Use of wound dressings to enhance prevention of pressure ulcers caused by medical devices.International wound journal · 2015Review
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7 authors.
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Abstract
The formulation of recommendations on the use of wound dressings in pressure ulcer prevention was undertaken by a group of experts in pressure ulcer prevention and treatment from Australia, Portugal, UK and USA. After review of literature, they concluded that there is adequate evidence to recommend the use of five-layer silicone bordered dressings (Mepilex Border Sacrum(®) and 3 layer Mepilex Heel(®) dressings by Mölnlycke Health Care, Gothenburg, Sweden) for pressure ulcer prevention in the sacrum, buttocks and heels in high-risk patients, those in Emergency Department (ED), intensive care unit (ICU) and operating room (OR). Literature on which this recommendation is based includes one prospective randomised control trial, three cohort studies and two case series. Recommendations for dressing use in patients at high risk for pressure injury and shear injury were also provided.
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