How nutrition can help prevent and treat pressure ulcers
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How nutrition can help prevent and treat pressure ulcers

Erin Dean Health writer

A balanced diet and good hydration are vital for patients to maintain robust and healthy skin

Nearly one in ten (9%) hospital inpatients had one or more pressure ulcers, according to a major audit in England in 2019 involving 10,000 people.

Nursing Older People. 33, 2, 6-8. doi: 10.7748/nop.33.2.6.s2

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