Should we include deep tissue injury in pressure ulcer staging systems? The NPUAP debate
- 1 May 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Mark Allen Group in Journal of Wound Care
- Vol. 14 (5), 207-210
- https://doi.org/10.12968/jowc.2005.14.5.26774
Abstract
This year's annual conference of the US National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) included a consensus meeting to evaluate the current NPUAP pressure ulcer staging system. Jeannie Donnelly recounts the lively debate that ensuedKeywords
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