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Kennedy terminal ulcer
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
General
pressure ulcer (decubitus ulcer, bedsore)
References
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8)
Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2013
- 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: 20463542