Editorial

I was delighted to attend the recent NPUAP Conference in Houston last month with a number of colleagues from the Editorial Board. The focus of this year's meeting was Deep Tissue injury (DTI), convened by Professor Joyce Black, who has written authoritatively on the subject over the last decade. The first day was devoted to scientific presentations by the usual European suspects describing the state-of-art knowledge on its aetiology and various technologies designed for either early detection or monitoring its progression. It is evident we have learned a great deal about this important condition associated as it is with a variable prognosis. The second day was devoted to establishing a Consensus on issues associated with DTI. This revealed a wealth of anecdotal but valuable evidence from clinical personnel, working in various health care settings in the US. However it became increasingly clear that Consensus was, in many cases, proving difficult to achieve. Unresolved questions included the nature of the colour changes associated with DTI, particularly difficult when observing non-Caucasian skin, and the time between predicting a DTI and observing it as a fully established entity. The audience differed in answers ranging from 24 h to 72 h, although the majority were unable to put a time interval on these events.
Source: Journal of Tissue Viability - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research