Kennedy terminal ulcer

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Etiology

  • occurs in people that are dying Clinical nanifestations:
  • generally located on sacrum
  • pear, butterfly or horseshoe-shaped with irregular borders
  • red, yellow. black or purple
  • generally starts as a blister of stage 2 pressure ulcer
  • rapidly progresses to stage 3 or stage 4 pressure ulcer

More general terms

References

  1. ↑ Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013
  2. ↑ Yastrub DJ. Pressure or pathology: distinguishing pressure ulcers from the Kennedy terminal ulcer. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2010 May-Jun;37(3):249-50. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20463542
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