Skin Assessment - Making a diagnosis
Is it a pressure ulcer?
 
  • Consider how the ulcer developed to inform the
  • diagnosis.
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  • Exclude other types of ulcer; Leg ulcers, Diabetic Foot
  • Ulcers, malignant lesions, moisture lesions.
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  • Only Grade pressure ulcers using the European
  • Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel classification.