Practice Dilemmas: Conditions That Mimic Pressure Ulcers/Injuries- To Be or Not To Be?
Journal
Wound management & prevention
ISSN: 2640-5245
Titre abrégé: Wound Manag Prev
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101739664
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2021
02 2021
Historique:
entrez:
5
2
2021
pubmed:
6
2
2021
medline:
1
2
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Pressure ulcers/injuries (PU/Is) negatively affect patients by causing pain and increasing morbidity and mortality risks. Care teams have a heightened sense of awareness of the condition and may feel confident in their ability to appropriately identify and manage PU/Is, but the potential for, and consequences of, a misdiagnosis always should be considered. The purpose of this compendium is to describe and illustrate conditions that may mimic PU/Is. Advanced practice wound care nurses were asked to identify and describe conditions that may mimic PU/Is. Permission was obtained from all patients to use their cases and photos in this article. Sixteen (16) different skin and wound presentations resulting from vascular diseases, systemic infections, trauma, cancer, autoimmune disorders, coagulopathies, and multisystem organ dysfunction were identified and described. A complete patient history and assessment will help prevent misidentification of the etiology of a skin lesion or wound and misdiagnosis of these lesions as PU/Is.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Pressure ulcers/injuries (PU/Is) negatively affect patients by causing pain and increasing morbidity and mortality risks. Care teams have a heightened sense of awareness of the condition and may feel confident in their ability to appropriately identify and manage PU/Is, but the potential for, and consequences of, a misdiagnosis always should be considered.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this compendium is to describe and illustrate conditions that may mimic PU/Is.
METHODS
Advanced practice wound care nurses were asked to identify and describe conditions that may mimic PU/Is. Permission was obtained from all patients to use their cases and photos in this article.
RESULTS
Sixteen (16) different skin and wound presentations resulting from vascular diseases, systemic infections, trauma, cancer, autoimmune disorders, coagulopathies, and multisystem organ dysfunction were identified and described.
CONCLUSION
A complete patient history and assessment will help prevent misidentification of the etiology of a skin lesion or wound and misdiagnosis of these lesions as PU/Is.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng