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Background Being able to predict negative postoperative outcomes is important for helping select patients for treatment as well for informed decision‐making by patients. Frailty measures are often time and resource intensive to use as screening measures,
Rajan Grewal +7 more
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Aims: Paediatric pressure ulcers are a serious problem to healthcare service. Thus, effective and early identification of the risk of developing pressure ulcer is essential.
Yaoji Liao, Guozhen Gao, Lulu Mo
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Tissue Perfusion and the Braden Scale as Predictors of Pressure Injury Risk in the Intensive Care Unit Patient [PDF]
Purpose The national rate of pressure injury (PI) in the intensive care unit (ICU) 2016–2018 was 5.97%, while at one hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii it averaged 13%. The Braden scale is the gold standard PI risk assessment tool.
Eileen Wong +3 more
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Risk factors of Pressure Ulcers in hospitalized elderly Egyptian people [PDF]
Background: Pressure ulcers affect a large scale of elderly people. Despite advances in technology, the rate continues to increase. This increases morbidity, health care costs and mortality.
Heba Mohamed Tawfik
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Background: Pressure ulcer (PU) is a common problem in intensive care unit (ICU). Risk assessment is the first step to PU prevention. Nonetheless, there is no consensus over the best PU risk assessment scale.
Sina Valiee +4 more
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Testing of Braden QD Scale for predicting pressure ulcer risk in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Children admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) are at risk for pressure injury due to immobility and the challenge of positioning medical devices. However, a comprehensive instrument to assess pressure injury risk is still finite.
Jayanti Dwi Puspitasari +2 more
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Penggunaan Skala Braden Terbukti Efektif dalam Memprediksi Kejadian Luka Tekan
Luka tekan merupakan luka karena tekanan yang berlangsung lama pada kulit dan jaringan yang dapat berakibat pada kondisi yang lebih serius. Luka tekan dapat dideteksi dengan menggunakan skala Braden.
Era Dorihi Kale +2 more
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Pressure Ulcers on Admission to Palliative Care Unit and Scores on Norton and Braden Scales
Objective: Pressure ulcers (PU) are common in patients admitted to palliative care clinics (PCC). Pregressive nutritional deficiency, incontinence, and limitation of movement increase the risk of new PU formation.
Hilal Zengin, İlker Taşçı
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Objectives: This study aimed to develop a nomogram for predicting the risk of pressure injury (PI) in adult patients undergoing abdominal surgery and validate its effectiveness among these patients.
Xue Feng +5 more
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Braden scale for assessing pneumonia after acute ischaemic stroke
Background The prevention of pneumonia is critical for patients with acute ischaemic stroke (AIS). The six subscales in the Braden Scale seem to be related to the occurrence of pneumonia.
Yunlong Ding +6 more
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