Key sessions
Pressure ulcer terminology and classification
- Outcome and next steps in the international debate on pressure ulcer terminology and classification; Jan Kottner
- Device related pressure ulcers;Joyce Black
- A common language for pressure ulcers: The outcomes for pressure ulcers trials (OUTPUTs) project; Katrin Balzer
- A Cochrane review on Incontinence- Associated Dermatitis (IAD) for making the case for Core Outcome Sets (COS) in clinical trials in wound care; Dimitri Beeckman
Complexities of care
- Community pressure ulcer initiatives; Fionulla Gallagher
- Pressure ulcer prevention: Focus on health care assistant education; Lorna Semple
- Pressure ulcer prevention in intensive care; Steven Smet
- Pressure ulcer prevention in paediatrics;Guido Ciprandi
Recognizing and managing risks
- Nutrition and hydration; Angela Small
- 'Skin status', a risk factor for pressure ulcer development; Jane Nixon
- Risk assessment; Zena Moore
- Malnutrition as a precursor of pressure injuries; Mary Litchford
Seating (1)
- Pressure ulcer prevention: What do healthcare professionals, patients and carers need to know?; Declan Patton, Alison Porter-Armstrong
- Repositioning for pressure ulcer prevention in the seated individual; Menno Van Etten
- "To sit or not to sit": Sitting individuals with pressure ulcers; Darren Hammond
Emerging therapies
- Prophylactic dressings; Zena Moore
- Early detection of pressure ulcers; Cees Oomens
- Smart materials; Dan Bader
Seating (2)
- Wheeled mobility for pressure ulcer prevention and improved function: Result of a RCT; David Brienza
- Pressure mapping of repositioning in wheelchair seated individuals – the ugly truth; May Stinson
- Development of the SPUPP: Pressure ulcer prevention programme; Emer Shanley
The complex foot
- CPR for feet; Duncan Stang
- The research on the heel casts; William Jeffcoate
- Complexities of caring for patients with renal disease; John Smyth
Health economic evaluations of pressure ulcer interventions; David Meads
- This session will be organised as a discussion forum, a first step to develop pressure ulcer specific guidelines for health economic research.
Pressure ulceration: Local Wound Management
- This session will be organized an interactive session, case studies will be presented and discussed during this session.