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alternating-pressure air mattress or overlay (alternating pressure pad)
Mattress or overlay with interconnecting air cells that cyclically inflate & deflate to produce alternating high & low pressure intervals. Cells with larger depth & diameter produce greater pressure relief over the body.
Alternating pressure overlays similar in efficacy to alternating pressure mattress & cost much less [1[
General
support-surface (mattress, bed)
References
- Nixon J, Cranny G, Iglesias C, Nelson EA, Hawkins K,
Phillips A, Torgerson D, Mason S, Cullum N.
Randomised, controlled trial of alternating pressure mattresses
compared with alternating pressure overlays for the prevention
of pressure ulcers: PRESSURE (pressure relieving support
surfaces) trial.
BMJ. 2006 Jun 17;332(7555):1413. Epub 2006 Jun 1. Erratum in:
BMJ. 2006 Jul 1;333(7557):30.
PMID: 16740530
- Iglesias C, Nixon J, Cranny G, Nelson EA, Hawkins K,
Phillips A, Torgerson D, Mason S, Cullum N;
PRESSURE Trial Group.
Pressure relieving support surfaces (PRESSURE) trial: cost
effectiveness analysis.
BMJ. 2006 Jun 17;332(7555):1416. Epub 2006 Jun 1.
PMID: 16740528