Abstract

ROMERO-COLLADO, Ángel. Can a bag cause a pressure ulcer?: Case report: importance of patient comprehensive health care planning for the people who suffer wounds. Gerokomos [online]. 2013, vol.24, n.1, pp.41-45. ISSN 1134-928X.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1134-928X2013000100009.

Pressure ulcers can occur in unexpected situations, such as a woman of 60 years old, completely autonomous, for whom an inveterate acromioclavicular dislocation to interaction with external and internal factors (such as poor nutrition, anaemia or chronic liver disease) developed a pressure ulcer stage II in her shoulder. Proper wound healing was possible if it takes an individualized care plan, booth the patient and the wound, and this let the patient to have a surgical intervention and a good quality of live.

Keywords : Comprenhensive health care; Primary Care; case report; nursing care; pressure ulcer.

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