2010
DOI: 10.5205/reuol.1148-8523-1-le.0403201023
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Pressure ulcers: incidence and associated risk factors in patients of a university hospital

Abstract: Objective: to identify the incidence of pressure ulcer (PU) and its risk factors in hospitalized patients in the medical-surgical units of a university hospital. Methodology: this is about a descriptive and quantitative study whose data were collected from November 2008 to February 2009 using a instrument containing demographic and clinical data, characterization of PU and Braden Scale after approved by the Ethics Committee of the State University of Londrina with protocol number 170/08. The results were organ… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
2

Citation Types

0
2
0

Year Published

2014
2014
2020
2020

Publication Types

Select...
2
1

Relationship

0
3

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 3 publications
(2 citation statements)
references
References 0 publications
0
2
0
Order By: Relevance
“…In the second, one added up decreased turgor and elasticity. These factors had been identified in other studies as risk factors for the development of the lesion (6,14) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 74%
See 1 more Smart Citation
“…In the second, one added up decreased turgor and elasticity. These factors had been identified in other studies as risk factors for the development of the lesion (6,14) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 74%
“…In all the clinics, the most prevalent risk factors among participants were having the grievance arterial hypertension and using medications such as analgesics, antihypertensives and anticoagulants. About the continuous use of medication, another study also noted as significant for the formation of pressure ulcers the use of analgesics in 60% of patients, antihypertensive drugs by 50% and anticoagulants for 75% of the affected people, in addition to antibiotics, by 85% of these patients (14) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%