Medical devices could be the reason behind higher than expected number of pressure ulcers in children, a phenomenon usually seen only in adult medicine, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center "These devices include facemasks used in delivering mechanical ventilation to the sickest patients, tracheotomy tubes, pulse oximeters (used to measure oxygen saturation in the blood), and orthopedic casts," says Marty ...
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