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  2. Pressure ulcer - Wikipedia

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    Unstageable: Full thickness tissue loss in which actual depth of the ulcer is completely obscured by slough (yellow, tan, gray, green or brown) and/or eschar (tan, brown or black) in the wound bed. Until enough slough and/or eschar is removed to expose the base of the wound, the true depth, and therefore stage, cannot be determined.

  3. Bed sores - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 25 May 2012, at 17:28 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply ...

  4. Ulcer (dermatology) - Wikipedia

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    An ulcer is a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue. Ulcers can result in complete loss of the epidermis and often portions of the dermis and even subcutaneous fat. Ulcers are most common on the skin of the lower extremities and in the gastrointestinal tract. An ulcer that appears on the skin is ...

  5. Ulcer - Wikipedia

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    An ulcer is a discontinuity or break in a bodily membrane that impedes normal function of the affected organ.According to Robbins's pathology, "ulcer is the breach of the continuity of skin, epithelium or mucous membrane caused by sloughing out of inflamed necrotic tissue."

  6. Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Ulcer Risk - Wikipedia

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    This parameter measures a patient's ability to detect and respond to discomfort or pain that is related to pressure on parts of their body. The ability to sense pain itself plays into this category, as does the level of consciousness of a patient and therefore their ability to cognitively react to pressure-related discomfort.

  7. List of medical abbreviations: S - Wikipedia

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    send out of bed sitting out of bed SOP: sterile ophthalmic preparation SORA: stable on room air SOS: if needed (from Latin si opus sit) SP s/p: status post; condition after" SPE: streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin Spec: specimen SPECT: single-photon emission computed tomography: SPEP: serum protein electrophoresis: SPET: single-photon emission ...

  8. Waterlow score - Wikipedia

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    The Waterlow score (or Waterlow scale) gives an estimated risk for the development of a pressure sore in a given patient. The tool was developed in 1985 by clinical nurse teacher Judy Waterlow . It is available both on a two-sided score card and on an app.

  9. List of skin conditions - Wikipedia

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    Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (aphthosis, canker sores, recurrent oral aphthae) Recurrent intraoral herpes simplex infection; Smooth tongue (atrophic glossitis, bald tongue, hunter glossitis, moeller) Stomatitis nicotina (nicotine stomatitis, smoker's keratosis, smoker's patches) Torus palatinus; Trumpeter's wart; Vestibular papillomatosis

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