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Risk indicators for pressure ulcers during surgery

Risk indicators for pressure ulcers during surgery
Risk indicators for pressure ulcers during surgery
Patients undergoing surgery are prone to develop pressure ulcers during surgery. The aim of this study was to identify pressure ulcer risk indicators in patients undergoing surgery which lasted more than four hours. A prospective follow-up study was conducted in 208 patients. Data on presence or absence of pressure ulcers and risk indicators were collected preoperatively, during surgery, and postoperatively. The results show that of the many indicators recorded, the only predictor of pressure ulcers was length of surgery. Because it is not possible to influence the length of the surgery, prevention should primarily be aimed at decreasing pressure and shearing forces during surgery.
0897-1897
163-173
Schoonhoven, Lisette
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Defloor, Tom
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van der Tweel, Ingeborg
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Buskens, Erik
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Grypdonck, Maria H. F.
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Schoonhoven, Lisette
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Defloor, Tom
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van der Tweel, Ingeborg
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Buskens, Erik
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Grypdonck, Maria H. F.
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Schoonhoven, Lisette, Defloor, Tom, van der Tweel, Ingeborg, Buskens, Erik and Grypdonck, Maria H. F. (2002) Risk indicators for pressure ulcers during surgery. Applied Nursing Research, 15 (3), 163-173. (doi:10.1053/apnr.2002.34145). (PMID:12173167)

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Patients undergoing surgery are prone to develop pressure ulcers during surgery. The aim of this study was to identify pressure ulcer risk indicators in patients undergoing surgery which lasted more than four hours. A prospective follow-up study was conducted in 208 patients. Data on presence or absence of pressure ulcers and risk indicators were collected preoperatively, during surgery, and postoperatively. The results show that of the many indicators recorded, the only predictor of pressure ulcers was length of surgery. Because it is not possible to influence the length of the surgery, prevention should primarily be aimed at decreasing pressure and shearing forces during surgery.

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Published date: August 2002
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Local EPrints ID: 339754
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/339754
DOI: doi:10.1053/apnr.2002.34145
ISSN: 0897-1897
PURE UUID: c7a4f111-d3be-43f8-a185-a0d38a737ca3
ORCID for Lisette Schoonhoven: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7129-3766

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Date deposited: 08 Jun 2012 13:57
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:41

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Author: Lisette Schoonhoven ORCID iD
Author: Tom Defloor
Author: Ingeborg van der Tweel
Author: Erik Buskens
Author: Maria H. F. Grypdonck

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