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Week 4: Pressure Ulcers Flashcards

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What is a localized area of tissue necrosis that develops when soft tissue is compressed between a firm surface and underlying bony prominence?

A

Pressure ulcer

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What is the greatest risk for pressure ulcers?

A

IMMOBILITY

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Which populations are at most risk for pressure ulcers?

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individuals with spinal cord injuries, hospitalized patients, individuals in long-term care facilities

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4
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What is the capillary closing pressure?

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13-32 mmHG

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Pressure ulcers are a result of:

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inverse pressure-time relationship, individual hemodynamic factors, and body location

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____ is more sensitive to pressure than _____

A

Muscle, skin

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What is a localized area of blanchable erythema?

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reactive hyperemia

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What predisposes skin to PU by causing maceration, increasing shear, and increasing friction forces?

A

moisture

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What is a force parallel to soft tissue?

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shear

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What is two surfaces moving across one another

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friction

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What shape is produced by shear forces?

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teardrop

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What is the second most common risk factor?

A

malnutrition

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13
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more than _____ of patients with PUs are over 70 years old.

A

half

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14
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Scar tissue only attains up to ____% of the strength of the original tissue

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80%

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What are the most widely used screening tools for screening of pressure ulcers?

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Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk
Norton Risk Assessment Scale
Gosnell Pressure Sore Risk Assessment

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What are different ways of classifying pressure ulcers?

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Integumentary Preferred Practice Patterns
Shea Staging System
International NPUAP/EPUAP Pressure Ulcer Classification System

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What are the benefits of the International NPUAP/EPUAP PU Classification System?

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  • Promotes uniform understanding of the depth of tissues involved
  • Excellent reliability
  • Clinicians must stage pressure ulcers for Medicare reimbursement
  • Determines type of support surface to be used
  • Can be used for research studies
18
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What tissues are involved in a stage 1 PU?

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may be superficial or may the the first sign of deeper tissue involvement

19
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What tissues are involved in a stage 2 PU?

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partial thickness (epidermis and/or dermis)

20
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What tissues are involved in a stage 3 PU?

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full thickness (epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous)… bone or tendon not visible

21
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What tissues are involved in a stage 4 PU?

A

full thickness with underlying deep tissue exposed

22
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Practice pattern for Stage II PU?

23
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Practice pattern for Stage III PU?

24
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What tissues are involved in unstageable ulcers?

A

full thickness (III or IV)

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What are certain PUs unstageable?
base obscured by eschar or slough
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What are some limitations of the NPUAP/EPUAP PU Classification System?
Stage I is not an ulcer by definition, clinicians may erroneously reverse stage a pressure ulcer, significant revision of prior system (takes time to adapt)
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What is the 5PT method of characterizing pressure ulcers?
Pain, Position, Presentation, Periwound, Pulses, Temperature
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What are the areas at most risk when a patient is lying supine?
Posterior heel, sacrum/coccyx, spinous process, medial humeral epicondyle, scapula, occiput
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What are the areas at most risk when a patient is lying sidelying?
Malleolus, medial and lateral femoral condyles, greater trochanter, lateral humeral epicondyle, ear
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What are the areas at most risk when a patient is lying prone?
Anterior tibia, anterior knee, ASIS
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What are the areas at most risk when a patient is seated?
Sacrum/coccyx, ischial tuberosity, greater trochanter
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95% of pressure ulcers are located over:
sacrum, greater troch, ischial tub, posterior calcaneous, lateral malleolus
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Temperature is increased in areas of _______ and decreased in areas of ______.
reactive hyperemia, ischemia
34
What are the major observational scales of pressure ulcers?
Sessing, Bates-Kensen Wound Assesment Tool (WBAT), Pressure Ulcer Scale of Healing (PUSH)
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How long does a Stage I PU take to heal?
1-3 weeks
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How long does a Stage II PU take to heal?
days to weeks
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How long does a Stage III or IV PU take to heal?
average of 8-13 weeks
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Ulcers that do not decrease in size within ____ weeks should be reassessed for alternative/adjunctive interventions.
2 weeks
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What should be done with sounds that fail to progress in a timely manner and that show signs/symptoms of infection?
culture
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What should be done with wounds that have exposed bone or with deep wounds with purulent or malodorous drainage?
assess for osteomyelitis

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