ReviewSpinal cord2018
Interventions for pressure ulcers: a summary of evidence for prevention and treatment.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- The use of oral and enteral tube-fed arginine supplementation in pressure injury care: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Nursing open · 2022Pooled it
- Healthcare Professionals' Experiences of the Causes of Recurrent Pressure Injuries-A Phenomenographic Study.International wound journal · 2026Article
- Self-managed digital technologies for pressure injury prevention in individuals with spinal cord injury: a systematic scoping review.Spinal cord · 2025Article
- A root cause analysis of community-acquired pressure injuries in persons with spinal cord injuries.Spinal cord series and cases · 2025Article
- Triangulation of veteran and provider models of preventing community-acquired pressure injuries in spinal cord injury to reveal convergence and divergence of perspectives.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2024Article
- Healthcare utilization and outcomes of spinal cord injured veterans with stage 3-4 pressure injuries.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2024Article
- Veteran model of preventing community-acquired pressure injuries associated with spinal cord injury: A qualitative descriptive study.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2024Article
- Availability and Types of Pressure Ulcer Medications at Community Pharmacies in the Accra Metropolis of Ghana.Innovations in pharmacy · 2024Article
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- Investigating Dynamics of the Spinal Cord Injury Adjustment Model: Mediation Model Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Frequency of turning in bed at home in persons with chronic spinal cord injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2022Article
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- Selecting Evidence-Based Content for Inclusion in Self-Management Apps for Pressure Injuries in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury: Participatory Design Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Article
- Chitosan hydrogel encapsulated with LL-37 peptide promotes deep tissue injury healing in a mouse model.Military Medical Research · 2020Article
- The problem of preventing pressure ulcers in people with spinal cord injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2019Article
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- Validity and internal consistency of the French version of the revised Skin Management Needs Assessment Checklist in people with spinal cord injury.Spinal cord · 2018Article
- Summaries of Cochrane Systematic Reviews: making high-quality evidence accessible.Spinal cord · 2018Article
- Pressure Ulcer in Trauma Patients: A Higher Spinal Cord Injury Level Leads to Higher Risk.The journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists · 2017Article
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
STUDY
designNarrative review.
objectivesPressure ulcers are a common complication in people with reduced sensation and limited mobility, occurring frequently in those who have sustained spinal cord injury. This narrative review summarises the evidence relating to interventions for the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers, in particular from Cochrane systematic reviews. It also aims to highlight the degree to which people with spinal cord injury have been included as participants in randomised controlled trials included in Cochrane reviews of such interventions.
settingGlobal.
methodsThe Cochrane library (up to July 2017) was searched for systematic reviews of any type of intervention for the prevention or treatment of pressure ulcers. A search of PubMed (up to July 2017) was undertaken to identify other systematic reviews and additional published trial reports of interventions for pressure ulcer prevention and treatment.
resultsThe searches revealed 38 published systematic reviews (27 Cochrane and 11 others) and 6 additional published trial reports. An array of interventions is available for clinical use, but few have been evaluated adequately in people with SCI.
conclusionsThe effects of most interventions for preventing and treating pressure ulcers in people with spinal cord injury are highly uncertain. Existing evaluations of pressure ulcer interventions include very few participants with spinal cord injury. Subsequently, there is still a need for high-quality randomised trials of such interventions in this patient population.
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