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Proposal for a new pressure ulcer (pressure injury) classification based on depth, infection, and perfusion

One of the first documented pressure ulcer classification systems was developed by Shea in 1975. ‘Bedsores’ were classified by the depth of soft tissue damage and exposure into grades I–V; an...

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