Prevention of pressure sores by identifying patients at risk.
- 8 May 1982
- Vol. 284 (6326), 1370-1371
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.284.6326.1370
Abstract
The risk of pressure sores developing in patients admitted with acute conditions was assessed by a simple risk score system based on age, reduced mobility, incontinence, pronounced emaciation, redness over bony prominences, unconsciousness, dehydration, and paralysis in a prospective clinical study. During seven months in 1977, 600 of 3571 patients were classified as at risk. Of these 35 (5.8%) developed sores compared with five (0.2%) of those not at risk. The results of this study compared with those over the same period in 1976 show that close observation of at-risk patients and early detection of pressure sores prevents their development.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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