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Practice recommendations for preventing heel pressure ulcers.

Evonne Fowler1, Suzy Scott-Williams, James B McGuire

  • 1San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital, Banning, California 92220-3090, USA. efowler644@aol.com

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Preventing heel pressure ulcers, a common issue in surgical patients, primarily involves pressure relief. Implementing offloading devices and a total-patient care approach can reduce incidence and improve outcomes.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical research
  • Surgical patient care
  • Wound prevention

Background:

  • Heels are the second most frequent site for pressure ulcers.
  • Risk factors, including pressure, contribute to heel ulceration.
  • Heel pressure ulcers pose a significant concern for surgical patients.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review current literature on heel pressure ulcer prevention.
  • To identify effective and cost-effective interventions.
  • To highlight the lack of controlled clinical studies.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review, including poster presentations.
  • Analysis of case series and guideline recommendations.
  • Examination of observational studies and expert opinion.

Main Results:

  • No controlled clinical studies are available to assess intervention effectiveness or cost-effectiveness.
  • Pressure relief (offloading) is identified as crucial for heel ulcer prevention.
  • A total-patient care approach and offloading devices can reduce heel ulcer incidence.

Conclusions:

  • Reducing heel ulceration rates can improve patient outcomes and decrease healthcare costs.
  • Current prevention strategies, particularly offloading, should be implemented.
  • Further prospective, randomized controlled studies are needed to compare strategy effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.