Common risk factors found in patients with pressure ulceration
  • Health status: acute, chronic and terminal illness Co morbidities eg.
  • diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, cardiac disease, rheumatoid
  • disease, multiple sclerosis
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  • Mobility status: Reduced ability to relief pressure independently. Spinal
  • cord injuries 
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  • Sensory impairment: Reduced awareness of pressure leading to
  • reduced spontaneous movement 
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  • Level of consciousness: Reduced spontaneous movement 
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  • Nutritional status: Malnutrition or dehydration
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  • Previous pressure damage: scar tissue is more prone to breakdown