By Karen Lou Kennedy-Evans, RN, FNP, APRN-BC, and Leslie Ritter, PhD, RN
Recently, WoundSource had the opportunity to talk with Karen Lou Kennedy-Evans, RN, FNP, APRN-BC, and Leslie Ritter, PhD, RN, via email about their presentation, “Thermographic Imaging of Terminal Skin Changes," for the NPIAP Spring 2023 Conference, which took place in San Diego, California, March 18, 2023.
In this presentation, the authors state that the appearance of the Kennedy lesion (KL) and a deep tissue pressure injury (DTPI) are often similar, and, according to the speakers, it can cause a challenge for clinicians in their ability to make a visible determination of the wound. Thermographic imaging, they claim, can be used to measure and note changes in a patient’s skin at the end of their life.