Bed Sore Classification

As a result they are sometimes referred to as bedsores or pressure sores.

Bed sore classification. Most Common Areas Sacrum Elbow Knee Ankle 4. May also present as an intact or openruptured serum filled. Bed sores classification chart shows four stages of bed sores through the various skin layers.

A Stage 2 bed sore is most often a very shallow opening of the top layers of skin. Stage I Stage II Stage III Stage IV Unstageable Suspected deep tissue injury sDTI Base staging on the type of tissue visualized or palpated. Or bruising This Category should not be used.

Stage II bed sores cause an open wound. Pressure Ulcer Staging Concepts. The areas that are particularly prone to pressure sores are those that cover the bony areas such as.

The patient may have pain itching redness and warmth in the area. They are also known as bedsores decubitus ulcers although these names are now rarely used as it is recognised that the ulcers are not caused by lying or being in bed. Wounds extending only to the top two layers of skin are called partial thickness wounds.

Rims of the ears. Slough or eschar may be present on some parts of the wound bed. Stage 2 bed sore on the buttocks and hip.

The term pressure ulcer was popularized by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Pressure sore - Stages Stage Grade Characteristic Illustration Stage 3 Full thickness tissue loss. Do not reverse stage when documenting a healing pressure ulcer.