Pressure ulcers: the last mile in the COVID-19 road

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Ziede, Edmundo (Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hospital de Osorno) ;
Orellana, Eduardo (Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Surgery Division, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile) ;
Tejos, Rodrigo (Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Surgery Division, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile) ;
Olivera, Michel (Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Surgery Division, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile) ;
Searle, Susana (Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Surgery Division, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile)

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