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Treatment standards for pressure ulcers largely unchanged
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Dermatology Times
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April 1, 2000
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San Francisco - The quality of research defining risk factors for and treatment of pressure ulcers has improved over the last five years. However, there still is not sufficient evidence to make a large impact on existing treatment standards, David J. Margolis, M.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.
"The AHCPR-sponsored guidelines on pressure ulcers issued in 1995 are evidence-based medical guidelines. However, for the majority of the recommendations contained in that document, there was not much better supporting evidence than expert opinion. That is not to say that these opinion-derived aspects of existing standard of care are necessarily wrong, but only ...
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