Pressure ulcers
Description
Pressure ulcers and other types of chronic non-healing wounds are a significant-even life-threatening-health risk. In this program, Kristjan Ragnarsson, chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine; renowned medical anthropologist Meg Jordan; and others analyze pressure ulcer formation, prevention, and treatment among paraplegics, diabetes patients, and people in hospitals and nursing homes who are unable to leave their beds. SofPulse electromagnetic field therapy is given special attention as a breakthrough technology in non-healing wound repair.
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28 min
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Date of Publication
[2007], c2007
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