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- Title
Neonatal pressure ulcers: prevention and treatment.
- Authors
García-Molina, Pablo; Alfaro-López, Alba; García-Rodríguez, Sara María; Brotons-Payá, Celia; Rodríguez-Dolz, Mari Carmen; Balaguer-López, Evelin
- Abstract
Health professionals should be prepared to respond to the needs of hospitalized neonates. The health team must consider multiple situations, where the neonate is at risk of having an adverse effect. One of the main interventions that health professionals must practice when interacting with hospitalized newborns is skin care. Neonates often suffer from diaper rash or intravenous drugs extravasation. Recently, hospitalized neonates and especially those in an unstable clinical situation are also at a risk of developing pressure ulcers. The presence of a pressure ulcer in a neonate can lead to serious problems to survival (eg, sepsis, clinical instability). This is the reason why, with this literature review, we attempt to answer questions from health professionals caring for neonates about the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers.
- Publication
Research & Reports in Neonatology, 2017, Vol 7, p29
- ISSN
1179-9935
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/RRN.S98755