Guidelines for the treatment of pressure ulcers

1. Co-chaired this panel 2. University of Washington, Seattle, WA 3. University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Galveston, TX 4. Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD 5. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 6. University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark 7. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 8. University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 9. St. Louis Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, and 10. University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

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