Free paper sessions

Free paper session 1: Teamwork and pressure ulcer prevention and management in specific patient groups: Spinal cord, intensive care, operating room, elderly, palliative and disabilities

• Limitations of prophylactic film dressing for intraoperatively acquired pressure ulcers in spinal surgery patients. Investigation before the BOSS trial term; Norihiko Ohura, Japan
• Effect of cushions for usual/sports wheelchair on elite Japanese male wheelchair basketball athletes; Nao Tamai, Japan
• Epibole causing delayed wound healing in trochanteric pressure ulcers in spinal cord injury patients; Srinivasa Chakravarthy, United Kingdom
• Interdisciplinary teamwork in prevention and management of pressure ulcer for people with spinal cord injury; Hanne Haugland, Norway
• Paediatric wound care in PICU: A 4 years survey; Giancarlo Antonielli, Italy
• Reduction of pressure ulcer incidence in medical-surgical adult intensive care unit: Implementing the guideline recommendations; Maarit Ahtiala, Finland

Free paper session 2: Basic science: Biomechanics and aetiology & Biophysical agents in pressure ulcer treatment: Novel therapies

• Dry skin in home care and pressure ulcer risk: A multi-center prevalence study; Andrea Lichterfeld-Kottner, Germany
• CGRP contribution in adaptative adjustments of skin blood flow to pressures: A protection against pressure ulcers; Bérengère Fromy, France
• Corynebacterium striatum as an emerging multi-drug resistant, nosocomial opportunistic pathogen associated with chronic skin wound infection; Edoardo Virgilio, Italy
• Comparing the effects of 3 different pressure ulcer prevention support surfaces on the structure and function of heel and sacral skin: An exploratory cross-over trial; Andrea Lichterfeld-Kottner, Germany; Tsenka Tomova-Simitchieva, Germany
• Innovative pressure ulcer prevention: Cell dynamics agents for mechanobiological protection; Daphne Weihs, Israel
• Mini-invasive drainage to treat pressure ulcer deep recesses; Marco Cavallini, Italy

Free paper session 3: Teamwork and pressure ulcer prevention and management in specific patient groups: Spinal cord, intensive care, operating room, elderly, palliative and disabilities

• Migration of retained dressing materials causing non healing pressure ulcers in spinal cord injury patients: A case report; Srinivasa Chakravarty Budithi, United Kingdom
• Pressure ulcer prevention and intervention for patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion surgery; Birgitte Skovgaard, Denmark; Merete Lebeck Holm, Denmark
• Telemedicine between a rehabilitation center and nursing homes or home: Results after 650 teleconsultations for patients with heavy disabilities suffering from chronic wounds; Sandrine Robineau, France
• A nationwide point prevalence of pressure ulcers in critically ill patients. The national French PRESSURE study: PREvalence of preSSure Ulcers in intensive caRE units; Brigitte Barrois, France
• Real-time feedback of pressure points during surgery: A pilot study; Eva Sving, Sweden
• Developing a decision making tool for nurses to improve end of life skin care for advanced cancer patients: A qualitative exploratory study; Ray Samuriwo, United Kingdom

Free paper session 4: Smart materials, sensor measuring, moving detection, “wearables”

• Can the efficacy of pressure relieving strategies be assessed through the magnitude of movements performed?; Silvia Caggiari, United Kingdom
• Innovative biofilm detection system for realizing biofilm-based wound management; Gojiro Nakagami, Japan
• Robotic mattress for pressure redistribution and patient comfort; Aya Kitamura, Japan
• Embedded sensing and actuating systems for pressure mapping and monitoring to prevent pressure ulcers; Ricardo Simoes, Portugal

Free paper session 5: Innovations in pressure ulcers prevention bundle: Patient safety, quality of care, evidence based practice and policy

• Aminoacidic spray gel vs silver spray  powder: A prevention comparative randomized trial; Roberto Cassino, Italy
• Skin blotting analysis of Interleukin 6 on the buttock of wheelchair basketball players; Takeo Minematsu, Japan
• Monitoring pressure ulcers as adverse events: National use of the Global Trigger Tool; Lena Gunningberg, Sweden
• Reducing hospital acquired pressure injuries by implementing WOC nurse-led daily prevention rounds; Chungmei Shih, United States

Free paper session 6: Negative pressure wound therapy: From premature to elderly patients

• Preliminary experience with the use of NPWT over exposed vessels: Do we have to revise NPWT contraindications?; Guido Paolini, Italy
• Extravasation ulcer in newborn: When the immediate skin full-thickness loss may render a limb virtually useless. Needs for a prompt team-common action; Serena Crucianelli, Italy
• Use of negative pressure wound therapy with instillation in the treatment of pressure injury in a diabetic patient: Case report; Maria Emília Gaspar, Ferreira Del Cistia, Brazil

Free paper session 7: Medical device related pressure ulcers: Aetiology and research to enhance prevention at different ages and in different settings

• Pressure ulcers in hospitalized neonates. Rates and risk factors; Serena Crucianelli, Italy
• Reducing intensive care medical device-related pressure injuries caused by nasogastric and endotracheal tubes: A pilot study; Fiona Coyer, Australia
• Australian perspective in advancing clinical care to reduce neonatal skin injuries; Margaret Broom, Australia
• Medical device related pressure injuries in the neonate: A multidisciplinary device specific approach to prevention and healing; Deanna Johnson, United States

Free paper session 8: Multidisciplinary pressure ulcer prevention and treatment in our most fragile patients: From the premature to the aged population & Basic science: Biomechanics and aetiology 

• Neonatal skin: How structural difference impact the diagnosis and healing of pressure injuries; Deanna Johnson, United States
• Pressure injury prevalence: A new look at an old process; Ann Marie Nie, United States
• The effects of two different pressure relieving support surfaces on the blood circulation deep in the tissues: A positron emission tomography (PET) study; Esa Soppi, Finland
• The history of a multidisciplinary approach to pressure ulcer prevention in a general hospital; Dirk Milliau, Belgium
• Hyperkeratosis and delayed wound healing in pressure ulcers: A case series; Thuya Win, United Kingdom
• Biomechanics of heel pressure ulcers and the effect of Haglund's deformity; Bethany Keenan, United Kingdom

Free paper session 9: Innovations in plastic and reconstructive surgery for pressure ulcers

• Complex acquired skull defects reconstruction in children using a dermal substitute and CI-NPWT: A palliative bridge against brain infections; Francesca Grussu, Italy
• Flap coverage for treatment of pressure ulcers in spinal cord injury individuals: A single-or two stage reconstruction?; Marieke Braafhart, Netherlands
• Treatment of early-stage pressure injury by using autologous adipose tissue grafts; Tiziano Pallara, Italy
• Pressure ulcers and spina bifida in the paediatric patient: A case series; Ann Marie Nie, United States

Free paper session 10: Innovative methods, models and projects in pressure ulcer prevention and treatment

• Incontinence associated dermatitis (IAD) and perianal septic lesions in children with onco-haemathological diseases. Results of a protocol applied for IAD systematic prevention and early treatment 146 patients later; Marjola Gjergji, Italy
• Development of a working method for implementation of evidence-based measures to prevent pressure ulcers; Ulrika Källman, Sweden
• Involving service-users in the Outcomes for Pressure Ulcer Trials (OUTPUTs) Project; Delia Muir, United Kingdom
• A structural equation model of pressure ulcer prevention action in clinical nurses; Okkyoung Park, Republic of South Korea