RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Decubitus Ulcers JF The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice JO J Am Board Fam Med FD American Board of Family Medicine SP 43 OP 48 DO 10.3122/jabfm.2.1.43 VO 2 IS 1 A1 Perdue, Ronald W. A1 Wilson, Jim L. YR 1989 UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/2/1/43.abstract AB Decubitus ulcers are frequently encountered in the elderly and in bedridden or wheel-chair-bound patients. Successful treatment is often difficult and expensive. Pressure, time, and friction are the major factors involved in the development of skin ulcers with such risk factors as age, female sex, and nutritional status predisposing to their development. Complications can be life threatening. A number of treatment modalities have been used over the years, but the mainstays of treatment include attention to preventive measures, relief of pressure over bony prominences, and debridement, following the basics of wound care. (J Am Bd Fam Pract 1989; 2:43-8.)