"Pressure Ulcer" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An ulceration caused by prolonged pressure on the SKIN and TISSUES when one stays in one position for a long period of time, such as lying in bed. The bony areas of the body are the most frequently affected sites which become ischemic (ISCHEMIA) under sustained and constant pressure.
| Descriptor ID |
D003668
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.893.665
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| Concept/Terms |
Pressure Ulcer- Pressure Ulcer
- Pressure Ulcers
- Ulcer, Pressure
- Ulcers, Pressure
- Bedsore
- Bedsores
- Pressure Sore
- Pressure Sores
- Sore, Pressure
- Sores, Pressure
- Bed Sores
- Bed Sore
- Sore, Bed
- Sores, Bed
- Decubitus Ulcer
- Decubitus Ulcers
- Ulcer, Decubitus
- Ulcers, Decubitus
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pressure Ulcer" by people in Profiles.
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Underreporting of Quality Measures and Associated Facility Characteristics and Racial Disparities in US Nursing Home Ratings. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 05 01; 6(5):e2314822.
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Association of Staffing Instability With Quality of Nursing Home Care. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 01 03; 6(1):e2250389.
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Simple Diverting Colostomy for Sacral Pressure Ulcers: Not So Simple After All. J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 02; 27(2):382-389.
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Accuracy of Pressure Ulcer Events in US Nursing Home Ratings. Med Care. 2022 10 01; 60(10):775-783.
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Facial Pressure Injuries from Prone Positioning in the COVID-19 Era. Laryngoscope. 2021 07; 131(7):E2139-E2142.
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Characteristics of Critically Ill Adults With Sacrococcygeal Unavoidable Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries: A Retrospective, Matched, Case-Control Study. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2021 Jan-Feb 01; 48(1):11-19.
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Predictors of pressure injury development in critically ill adults: A retrospective cohort study. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2021 Feb; 62:102924.
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Differentiating Deep Tissue Pressure Injury (DTPI) From Other Causes of Purpura in the Sacrococcygeal Area: A Multiple Case Series. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2019 May/Jun; 46(3):256-262.
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Scalability of an IT Intervention to Prevent Pressure Ulcers in Nursing Homes. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2019 07; 20(7):816-821.e2.
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Braden scale for pressure ulcer risk predicts rehabilitation placement after pancreatic resection. HPB (Oxford). 2019 07; 21(7):923-927.