Pressure sores in the elderly: A systematic approach to management: Postgraduate Medicine: Vol 83, No 1

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Pressure sores are a serious problem in immobile elderly patients. With appropriate preventive techniques, pressure sores can usually be avoided. However, when a sore does develop, a standardized, systematic approach to management will hasten wound closure. Such an approach is described in this article.

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