Air Fluidized Beds For Pressure Ulcers

Allen l mcgarrah b barrett d stenson b turpin p vangilder c.

Air fluidized beds for pressure ulcers.

To compare the effectiveness and adverse effects of air fluidized beds and conventional therapy for patients with pressure sores. These beds may also be indicated for the prevention of pressure ulcer formation in at risk patients and for the safe handling and repositioning of bariatric patients. Dolezal r cohen m schultz r. Air fluidized therapy in patients with suspected deep tissue injury.

Powered and air fluidized beds are indicated for patients with stage 3 and 4 pressure ulcers or post operative myocutaneous flaps or skin grafts. To provide empirical evidence comparing pressure ulcer healing rates between different support surfaces data were analyzed from eligible residents with pressure ulcers n 664 enrolled in the national pressure ulcer long term care study a retrospective pressure ulcer prevention and treatment stu. Urban academic referral and primary care medical center. Ethos offers the best in home air fluidized therapy aft technologies for patients recovering from wounds or pressure injuries.

Annals of plastic surgery. Aft also known as a bead bed or sand bed is considered the gold standard for treating stage iii and iv pressure ulcers and can be critical to accelerate wound healing. J wound ostomy continence nurs.