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The 2025 Update on Pressure Injuries: A Review of Selected Literature

Sheila Sablon DeCastro1, Oluwademilade Okusanya, Kamal Patel

  • 1Ms. Sablon DeCastro is currently a nurse practitioner consultant at VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA; Ms. Okusana is currently an undergraduate public health student at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA; Dr. Patel is Associate Chief of Staff for Geriatrics and Extended Care at VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA; Dr. Berlowitz is a geriatrician and professor in the Department of Public Health at University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA.

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dark skin tonehospital-acquired pressure injuryperipheral artery diseasepressure injurysocial engagementsurgical reconstruction of pressure injuries

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