dermatologic disorders
Pressure Injuries
Prognosis for Pressure Injuries
Prognosis for early-stage pressure injuries is excellent with timely, appropriate treatment, but healing typically requires weeks. After 6 months of treatment, most stage 2 pressure injuries, about half of stage 3 injuries, and some stage 4 injuries resolve. Pressure injuries often develop in patients who are receiving suboptimal care and/or have significant disorders that impair wound healing (eg, diabetes, undernutrition, peripheral arterial disease). If care of the injury and management of concurrent disorders cannot be improved, long-term outcome is poor, even if short-term wound healing is accomplished. 