Skin injuries associated with severe life-threatening situations: A new conceptual framework.

Francisco Pedro García-Fernández J Javier Soldevilla-Agreda Manuel Rodriguez-Palma Pedro Luis Pancorbo-Hidalgo

Published in: Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2021)

This new conceptual framework may help clinicians understand the mechanisms and the pathophysiology of skin injuries that develop in terminally ill and/or dying patients associated with multi-organ failure. Through this new framework these injuries can be identified and differentiated from pressure injuries or other dependence-related skin lesions.

Keyphrases

soft tissue
end stage renal disease
palliative care
wound healing
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
early onset