In this blog for nurses, Chunhu Shi, a nurse and lead author of a Cochrane Overview, shares what the latest evidence tells us about support surfaces for managing pressure ulcers, and what we still don’t know.
Dressings and topical agents for healing pressure ulcers: which should we choose?
In this blog, three Cochrane review authors share the latest evidence on dressings and topical agents for pressure ulcers.
Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment. Is ‘best practice’ evidence-based?
Sarah Chapman puts the spotlight on the evidence around pressure ulcer management and the implications for everyday nursing practice and future research
Everyday practice: tried, trusted and tested? Here’s why we need evidence
Established practices may be so familiar that they aren’t questioned. They should be. We consider this here in an area of everyday nursing practice, pressure ulcer management, but hope this will be read in the context of other areas of healthcare.
Antibiotics and antiseptics for wounds: evidence and ignorance
The poor state of the evidence on antibiotics and antiseptics for wounds.
Treating pressure ulcers: new evidence, continued uncertainty
Which dressing is best? Can the evidence help us choose wisely?
Pressure ulcers: evidence and uncertainty
A look at some Cochrane evidence on preventing and managing pressure ulcers and reflections on nursing practice
Nurses under pressure: do risk assessment tools help prevent pressure ulcers?
With no good evidence that using risk assessment tools helps prevent pressure ulcers, should we be using them?