The 14th Annual EPUAP Conference was held on 31st August – 2nd September, 2011 at EXPONOR Congress Center, Oporto, Portugal, with the theme "Pressure Ulcer Research Achievements Translated to Clinical Guidelines". Please view the conference presentation. Download the Oporto 2011, Full Programme (updated 16/08/11) Download the Oporto 'Programme-at-a-Glance'
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Historical news and articles relating to the EPUAP Conferences
EPUAP 13th Annual European Pressure Ulcer Meeting, Birmingham 2010
The 13th Annual EPUAP Conference was held on 1-3 September, 2010 at The University of Birmingham, with the theme "Pressure Ulcers: The Flourishing of Science to Support Prevention and Healing". Topics Include: Redefining pressure ulcers; Pressure ulcer risk assessment tools – friend or foe? How do cells deform, and how might that relate to pressure [...]
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EPUAP 12th Annual European Pressure Ulcer Meeting, Amsterdam 2009
The 12th Annual European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Meeting was held on 3-5 September, 2009 in Amsterdam with the theme "Pressure Ulcers – not just a disease of the elderly – are your patients at risk?". Topics Included: Management and prevention of pressure ulcers in neonates and Paediatrics – skin differences in babies and children; [...]
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EPUAP 11th Annual European Pressure Ulcer Meeting, Bruges
The 11th Annual EPUAP Conference was held on 4-6 September, 2008 in Bruges, Belgium, with the theme "Risk Management and Early Detection". Topics Included: Update on Prevention Guidelines Initiative, Prevention and Treatment of Infection, Biochemical Markers for Predicting Pressure Ulcers, Guidelines on Seating. Controversial Issues: Do moisture lesions exist? Is there such a thing as [...]
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EPUAP 10th Annual European Pressure Ulcer Meeting, Oxford
The 10th Annual EPUAP Conference was held between 30th August and 1st September, 2007 at the Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. The theme was "Ten years of progress, the present and the future in Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management.
EPUAP 9th Annual European Pressure Ulcer Meeting, Berlin
The 9th European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Open Meeting was held at the Berliner Congress Center, Alexanderplatz, in Berlin, Germany between the 31st August and 2nd September 2006. The theme was "Pressure ulcers: putting knowledge into practice". The scientific programme was designed so that delegates learnt about pressure ulcers from sessions focused on: wound management, [...]
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EPUAP 8th Annual European Pressure Ulcer Meeting, Aberdeen
The 8th European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Open Meeting was held in Aberdeen, Scotland, on 5-7 May, 2005. The theme of the conference was 'Pressure ulcers: back to basics: the fundamental principles' which built upon the 2003 EPUAP conference when we discussed whether we had made a difference in improving pressure ulcer prevention and management. [...]
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EPUAP 7th Annual European Pressure Ulcer Meeting, Tampere, Finland
The 7th European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Open Meeting was held between 3-6 September, 2003, in Tampere, Finland. The theme was "Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management – have we made a difference?" Topics covered in the main programme included nutritional guidelines, the final report of the Pan European Pressure Ulcer Study (PEPUS ), with parallel [...]
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EPUAP 6th Annual European Pressure Ulcer Meeting, Budapest
The 6th European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Open Meeting was held at the Budapest Hilton Hotel, Hungary, on September 18-21, 2002. The theme was "Pressure Ulcers – a quality of care indicator?" The sixth open meeting of the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, held in the beautiful and historic city of Budapest, continued to build [...]
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