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Back to basics: understanding the aetiology of pressure ulcers

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Back to basics: understanding the aetiology of pressure ulcers

Trudie Young
31 August 2017

Pressure ulcers are caused when an area of skin and the tissues below are damaged by being

placed under pressure sufficient to impair its blood supply.

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