Dermatology Research

KEY FINDING: Most Canadian plastic surgeons manage stage 3 or 4 pressure injuries, but not all perform both debridement and flap coverage.

KEY FINDING: The study found a 42.86% average improvement in Functional Independence Measure (FIM) scores from admission to discharge, indicating improved functional outcomes.

KEY FINDING: A preventable burn injury, compounded by impaired sensation and delayed recognition, led to complications that eventually necessitated a below-knee amputation.

KEY FINDING: Pneumonia occurrence was significantly associated with pressure injury occurrence, even when considering the level and severity of the TSCI.

KEY FINDING: Participants with ASIA D injury had a 67% decrease in the rate of additional pressure injury incidence compared to participants with ASIA A injury.

KEY FINDING: The pressure duration was significantly longer in subjects of the PU-positive group compared with those of the PU-negative group.

KEY FINDING: Only 25.6% of individuals with chronic SCI reported turning every 2 hours, despite 48.8% recalling this recommendation upon hospital discharge.

KEY FINDING: The education program showed statistically significant effects on Susceptibility; F (2,58) = 12.53, P < 0.05.

KEY FINDING: Microcirculation perfusion was highest in the center of the pressure ulcer.

KEY FINDING: Wounds with a 'Stagnated/Worsened' evolution had a significantly higher relative abundance of Anaerococcus and Finegoldia at baseline (D0).