Abstract | BACKGROUND: OBJECTIVES: DESIGN: A longitudinal design. SETTING: PARTICIPANTS: All patients admitted to intensive care wards during the period from April until October 2006 were invited to take a part in the study. One hundred and twenty-one patients were involved in the study. The inclusion criteria were adult intensive care patients, males and females, all diagnosis were included. The exclusion criterion was patients whose age less than 18 years. METHOD: Each patient was assessed twice; first, upon admission and second upon discharge or death, or after 2 weeks if the patient was still in intensive care. The assessed data included pressure ulcer preventive measures, risk factors using Braden score, pressure ulcer characteristics and treatment. Additionally, incontinence supplies (urine/bowel) if used and the severity of illness using Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II score) were assessd. RESULTS: This study revealed a total incidence of 3.3% (4.5% in nephrological patients and 2.9% in surgical patients). Sixteen patients with a total of 21 pressure ulcers were admitted to the intensive care units. During the patients' stay at the intensive care units six pressure ulcers developed newly and five pressure ulcers healed. The mean of the APACHE II score of patients with new pressure ulcers (16.6) were higher than in patients without new pressure ulcers (11.5). CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Eman S M Shahin, Theo Dassen, Ruud J G Halfens |
Journal | International journal of nursing studies
(Int J Nurs Stud)
Vol. 46
Issue 4
Pg. 413-21
(Apr 2009)
ISSN: 1873-491X [Electronic] England |
PMID | 18394626
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- APACHE
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Female
- Hospitals, University
- Humans
- Incidence
- Inpatients
- Intensive Care Units
- Longitudinal Studies
- Middle Aged
- Pressure Ulcer
(epidemiology, prevention & control, therapy)
- Surveys and Questionnaires
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