Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Comparing alternating pressure mattresses and high-specification foam mattresses to prevent pressure ulcers in high-risk patients: the PRESSURE 2 RCT.
Nixon J, Brown S, Smith IL, McGinnis E, Vargas-Palacios A, Nelson AE, Brown J, Coleman S, Collier H, Fernandez C, Gilberts R, Henderson V, McCabe C, Muir D, Rutherford C, Stubbs N, Thorpe B, Wallner K, Walker K, Wilson L, et al.
Pressure ulcers (PUs) are a burden to patients, carers and health-care providers. Specialist mattresses minimise the intensity and duration of pressure on vulnerable skin sites in at-risk patients.
