Prevention of pressure sores in patients with fractures of the femoral neck

Hughes, Angus W.

doi:10.1016/0020-1383(86)90007-0

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“…The incidence of pressure ulcers was 8.8% in this study of patients aged 60 and older undergoing surgical repair of hip fracture. In earlier studies, the incidence of pressure ulcers among elderly hip fracture patients ranged from 10.2% to 66% 25,28 , 44–59 . The broad range of incidence estimates is undoubtedly due to differences in study setting, time period, patient population, and pressure ulcer definition.…”

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Risk factors for pressure ulcers among elderly hip fracture patients

Baumgarten

Margolis

Berlin

et al. 2003

Wound Repair Regeneration

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The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers among elderly patients hospitalized for hip fracture surgery and to identify extrinsic factors that are associated with increased risk. We conducted a secondary analysis of data abstracted from medical records at 20 hospitals in Pennsylvania, Texas, New Jersey, and Virginia. Participants were patients aged 60 years and older admitted with hip fracture to the study hospitals between 1983 and 1993. The incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers was 8.8% (95% confidence interval 8.2%-9.4%). After adjusting for confounding variables, longer wait before surgery, intensive care unit stay, longer surgical procedure, and general anesthesia were significantly associated with higher pressure ulcer risk. Extrinsic factors may be important markers for high pressure ulcer risk in hospitalized hip fracture patients. Although it is not possible to eliminate factors such as requiring an intensive care unit stay or having a long surgical procedure, it may be possible to develop interventions that minimize pressure ulcer risk in patients who experience these factors.

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Risk factors for pressure ulcers among elderly hip fracture patients

Baumgarten

Margolis

Berlin

et al. 2003

Wound Repair Regeneration

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“…The major reported application of this product has been as a compression dressing for skin grafts (1-6). There have been other uses, however, such as preoperative shaping of congenital ear deformities (7), postoperative compression after liposuction (8), preoperative molding dressings in microtia reconstruction (9) and prevention of pressure sores (10). There are many other clinical applications of this versatile product.…”

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Reston: A Plastic Surgeon's Dream Material

Thomson

2002

Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery

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“…There have been other uses, however, such as preoperative shaping of congenital ear deformities (7), postoperative compression after liposuction (8), preoperative molding dressings in microtia reconstruction (9) and prevention of pressure sores (10). There are many other clinical applications of this versatile product.…”

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Reston: A plastic surgeon’s dream material

Thomson

2002

J Plast Surg

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Reston foam is a polyurethane ether polymer that has many attractive features for use by plastic surgeons. In the present paper, these features are addressed and clinical examples are shown. Key Words: Polyurethane foam; Reston Reston : Une matière de rêve pour le plasticienLa mousse Reston est une polymère d'éther de polyuréthane dotée de nombreuses caractéristiques intéressantes pour le plasticien. Dans le présent article, ces caractéristiques sont passées en revue, et des exemples cliniques sont présentés.

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Prevention of pressure sores in patients with fractures of the femoral neck

Cited by 19 publications

References 5 publications

Risk factors for pressure ulcers among elderly hip fracture patients

Risk factors for pressure ulcers among elderly hip fracture patients

Reston: A Plastic Surgeon's Dream Material

Reston: A plastic surgeon’s dream material

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