Paediatric pressure injuries: considerations for this patient cohort

Paediatric patients are at risk of developing pressure injuries; however, there is a paucity of literature addressing the specific considerations related to pressure injury prevention for this patient cohort. Pressure injuries are generally linked to the adult patient population, hence most of the literature available to date is related to prevention and management of pressure injuries in older people or adult patients considered to be at high risk. The aim of this paper is to outline recommended pressure injury risk assessments for the neonatal/paediatric patient and to highlight some specific pressure injury prevention considerations when caring for this often-overlooked patient population.