[Skin care and pressure ulcer. Hyperoxygenated fatty acids in the prevention of pressure ulcers and treatment of stage I lesions].

UNLABELLED: Skin care in general and, more specifically, the use of hyper-oxygenated fatty acids to protect zones at risk, constitute a very useful method in the prevention of dedubitus ulcers and to reverse stage one lesions. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Retrospective evaluation on the systematic use of hyper-oxygenated fatty acids inside the parameters accepted for the prevention and care of decubitus ulcers at the Clinical University Hospital Puerta de Hierro in Madrid in its Internal Medicine Nursing Unit during 1999 and 2000.
RESULTS: 853 patients were studied, of whom 524 entered the hospital without any bedsore. Of these 524 patients who entered without a bedsore, 5, or 1% of these cases, developed new lesions. Of the 163 patients suffering a stage one decubitus ulcer upon entering the hospital, 131 or 80% saw their status reserve to not being a bedsore. COMMENTARY: The use of hyper-oxygenated fatty acids is an effective measure in the prevention of bedsores and in the reversal of stage one lesions.