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JOURNAL OF WOUND OSTOMY AND CONTINENCE NURSING
Volume 42, Issue 1, Pages 47-61Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/WON.0000000000000087
Keywords
dermatitis; friction; moisture; pressure ulcer; skin injury
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BACKGROUND: Effective wound management is dependent, in part, on identification and correction of causative factors. Trunk wounds can be caused by pressure, shear, moisture, friction, or some combination of these factors. Wounds caused by moisture and/or friction are frequently mislabeled as pressure ulcers. CASE SERIES: This article presents a series of 45 patients who developed skin injuries on the medial buttocks and/or posterior thighs that the author believes were caused primarily by friction damage to the skin. The lesions were not located over palpable bony prominences and are therefore unlikely to be pressure ulcers. They were not located in skin folds and are unlikely to represent intertriginous dermatitis. Clinical data related to these 45 patients are presented, as are the location and characteristics of the lesions. These characteristics are discussed in relation to current literature regarding the pathology and clinical presentation of wounds caused by pressure, moisture, and friction. CONCLUSION: It is critical for wound clinicians and staff nurses to accurately identify the etiology of any wound. Wounds located on fleshy prominences exposed to repetitive friction should be labeled as friction injuries.
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