Residual pressure ulcers in COVID-19 patients

1 September 2021

You have likely heard of post- COVID conditions. There are many terms for the wide range of health consequences that are present 4 or more weeks after infection with COVID-19. Some of the best known are ‘COVID brain’ to describe cloudy thinking and ‘long-hauler syndrome’ to describe fatigue and residual pulmonary issues. However, I would like to add one to the list: large full-thickness pressure ulcers with poor chance for healing due to polymyopathy, hypermetabolic states and residual tissue ischaemia. These are buttocks pressure ulcers, not ones on the anterior surfaces from being prone…

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