ABSTRACT
Pressure ulcer incidence has been reduced but not eliminated. A few patients still develop pressure ulcers despite using air-fluidized beds and other specialty beds. In the future, very high-risk patients may possibly be sent to space clinics to recuperate in zero gravity for extended periods. Another possibility is the creation of suspension devices to keep a patient off the areas of the body where pressure sores might occur. Being informed of what is available and and aware how to use it optimally is currently the best solution.
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Pressure Ulcer/prevention & control , Humans , Pressure Ulcer/economics , Pressure Ulcer/etiologyABSTRACT
Proper management of a patient begins basically before the operation of the ligament system of the knee. Before as well as after the operation the state of the muscular force of the quadriceps muscle of thigh which conditions the proper functioning of the knee should be taken into consideration. In managing rehabilitation exercises in the first phase one should concentrate on the flexion of the knee. Deficit of extension is removed only in 3 month after the operation, never, however, with the re-dressment method. Returning of the patient to work and to sport is in the 9th month. The last control takes place 2 years after the operation. In the evaluation of the stability results of the knee is more important than the range of its mobility.
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Knee Injuries/rehabilitation , Ligaments, Articular/surgery , Postoperative Care , Humans , Knee Injuries/physiopathology , Knee Injuries/surgery , Knee Joint/physiopathology , Range of Motion, ArticularABSTRACT
On the basis of the experience of many surgical centres advanced in the reconstruction of the knee ligaments guiding principles for our team has been worked out. In the lack of the proper devices, like arthroscopes, the authors stress the values of the clinical investigation as well as a precise examination of the instability. It leads to increase of the detectability of injuries in course of achieving experience by the surgical team.
