Clinical Risk Factors of Perioperative Pressure Injury in Older Adult Patients with a Hip Fracture
Yi-Ting Tzen,
Senthil Sambandam,
Barbara Delmore
et al.
Abstract:OBJECTIVE
To examine the clinical risk factors of perioperative pressure injury (PrI) in older adults with a hip fracture, including preoperative chronic comorbidities and postoperative complications.
METHODS
In this retrospective study, the authors queried the PearlDiver Patient Records database between January 2011 and January 2020. Data from 54,194 patients without preexisting PrI were included for analyses. Patients were separated into two groups: (… Show more
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