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Decubitus ulcers

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Decubitus ulcers
A pressure sore resulting from ulceration of the skin occurring in persons confined to bed for long periods of time
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Q. I ask a client's Dr. to script flexaril for a lower back spasm and he made it for a drug called zanaflex? I am unfamiliar with zanaflex, what is the difference between it and flexaril 25mg? Benefits? Risks? I got him to order the air mattress and extended bed because client is 6'3" and is already bedridden on my 1st day..try to beat the skin breakdown, already stage I decubitis ulcers. I tried to talk the client into slideboard and lift away arm wheelchair...noway..he wants to walk bent with a rolling walker. He already had a lift chair delivered, so he just goes from bed to lift chair. He refuses to let me bathe him. He can't see, and he has me check his draw up on insulin to make sure it's right. He sends the P.T. man right back out the door after he signs the sheet. Difficult pt.!

A. Flexeril and Zanaflex are different drugs but are both muscle relaxants. There are hardly any differences between the two, clinically wise. If the doctor thought one is better than the other for your client I would suggest you take his advice and use the one he gave you.

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Based on interviews with 31 individuals with decubitus ulcers who could reliably describe their experiences, researchers defined the characteristics of decubitus ulcers associated with reports of pain during dressing changes.
3) Although originally conceptualized as an intervention for people with nonmetastasizing inoperative tumors of the pelvic region, HCP gradually gained acceptance as a means of managing life-threatening decubitus ulcers and pelvic osteomyelitis in people with paraplegia.
There hasn't been anything principally new in the treatment of decubitus ulcers in recent years.
 
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