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Pressure Ulcers in Pediatric Patients

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Science and Practice of Pressure Ulcer Management

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Pressure ulcers (PUs) are a common and highly relevant professional care issues in hospitals. They are associated with psychological and physical suffering, increased morbidity and mortality rate and higher costs for health care worldwide (Baharestani, Black, Carville, et al., 2009a; Gorecki, Brown, Nelson, et al., 2009; Allman, Laperde, Noel, et al., 1999; Anthony, Reynolds, and Russell, 2004). PU development can be attributed to multiple factors that are fairly well-studied in adults and elderly people (Whittington and Briones, 2004; Horn, Bender, Ferguson, et al., 2004; de Laat, Schoonhoven, Pickkers, et al., 2006; Baharestani et al., 2009a). Through large-scale, nationwide epidemiological studies, the prevalence of PUs in medical care institutions for adults is now known and well documented.

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  1. Bambino Gesu’ Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Guido Ciprandi

  2. Department of Dermatology, Santa Chiara Hospital, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Teresa Oranges

  3. University Children’s Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

    Anna Barbara Schluer

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Santa Chiara Hospital, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Marco Romanelli

  2. Welsh Wound Innovation Centre, Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales, United Kingdom

    Michael Clark

  3. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Amit Gefen

  4. Bambino Gesuʼ Childrenʼs Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Guido Ciprandi

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Ciprandi, G., Oranges, T., Schluer, A.B. (2018). Pressure Ulcers in Pediatric Patients. In: Romanelli, M., Clark, M., Gefen, A., Ciprandi, G. (eds) Science and Practice of Pressure Ulcer Management. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7413-4_10

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