What is the efficacy of sheepskin and phenytoin for treating or preventing pressure ulcers in acute care patients?

Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database includes many systematic reviews and evidence summaries on interventions to prevent or treat pressure ulcers.

Sheepskin

Pressure ulcers a prevention of pressure related tissue damage.   2011.  [Technical Reports – Joanna Briggs]]
Reviews studies on use of sheepskin

McInnes E, et al.  Support surfaces for pressure ulcer prevention.  Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Apr 13;(4):CD001735. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001735.pub4.

Studies in PubMed published since these systematic reviews

Phenytoin

A search of PubMed retrieved some systematic reviews and original studies evaluating use of phenytoin in pressure ulcer management.

pressure ulcers AND phenytoin

Systematic reviews in the search results include:

Reddy M. Pressure ulcers. Clin Evid (Online). 2011 Apr 28;2011. doi:pii: 1901.
Review. PubMed PMID: 21524319; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3217823.

Mao CL, Rivet AJ, Sidora T, Pasko MT. Update on pressure ulcer management and
deep tissue injury. Ann Pharmacother. 2010 Feb;44(2):325-32. doi:
10.1345/aph.1M315. Epub 2010 Jan 5. Review. PubMed PMID: 20118142.

Cullum N, Petherick E. Pressure ulcers. Clin Evid (Online). 2008 Mar 19;2008.
doi:pii: 1901. PubMed PMID: 19450317; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2907959.

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