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Pressure Ulcers on Admission to Palliative Care Unit and Scores on Norton and Braden Scales

Türk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi, 2023
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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Association between admission Braden skin score and poor prognosis in critically ill patients with diabetes mellitus: A retrospective cohort study [PDF]

Science Progress
Objectives Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common comorbidity in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The Braden skin score (BSS) has increasingly been recognized as an indicator of patient frailty. However, the association between the BSS and clinical outcomes in critically ill diabetic patients remains unclear ...
Deng W, Peng Y, Li Z, Luo L.
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Tissue Perfusion and the Braden Scale as Predictors of Pressure Injury Risk in the Intensive Care Unit Patient [PDF]

Journal of Acute Care Surgery, 2023
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, Shirley Visperas, So Yung Choi, Mahealani Suapaia   +3 more
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Comparison of Braden Score vs APACHE to Predict Occurrence of Bed Sores in a Tertiary Care ICU. [PDF]

Indian J Crit Care Med
Pressure sores, or bedsores, pose a challenge in intensive care unit (ICU) care due to patients' immobility and compromised circulation. This study explores the effectiveness of the Braden Scale and acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II (APACHE II) in predicting pressure sore occurrences.Conducted over a year in an Indian ICU, this ...
Maqbool K, Chauhan M, Dewan S.
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Effect of Braden Score-Guided Targeted Nursing Interventions on Preventing Intraoperative Pressure Ulcers in Aortic Dissection Surgery. [PDF]

J Multidiscip Healthc
This prospective randomized controlled study aimed to evaluate the effect of Braden score-guided targeted nursing interventions on preventing intraoperative pressure ulcers in aortic dissection (AD) surgery.A total of 120 patients who underwent AD surgery at the hospital between December 2023 and December 2024 were selected and randomly assigned to ...
Wang QZ, Jia WC, Tian YQ.
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Evaluation of the Braden scale in predicting surgical outcomes in older patients undergoing major head and neck surgery

Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2021
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, Michael C. Sklar, John R deAlmeida, Wei Xu, Jie Su, Carissa M. Thomas, Shabbir M.H. Alibhai, David P Goldstein   +7 more
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Comparing the accuracy of the braden and the waterlow scales for pressure ulcer risk assessment in intensive care unit

Nursing and Midwifery Studies, 2022
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, Syede Mona Nemati, Midia Hossaini, Hajar Kashefi, Hiwa Mohammadi   +4 more
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Predictive value of pressure ulcer risk for obstructive coronary artery disease

Nursing Open, 2021
Aim To investigate the relationship between pressure ulcers risk and severity of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) by invasive coronary angiography. Design Cross‐sectional study.
Yao Wang, Ran Chen, Jie Ding, Lu Yang, Jiaojiao Chen, Baotao Huang   +5 more
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Frequency of Pressure Ulcers and Related Risk Factors in Patients Transferred From the Intensive Care Unit to the Internal Diseases Clinic

Ahi Evran Medical Journal, 2023
Purpose: Determination of pressure ulcer frequency and pressure ulcer-related clinical features in patients transferred from intensive care units (ICU) to internal medicine clinics. Material and Methods: A prospective, observational study included 100
Mustafa KELEŞ, Mehmet UZUNLULU, Cündullah TORUN   +2 more
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A Hybrid System of Braden Scale and Machine Learning to Predict Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries (Bedsores): A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study

Diagnostics, 2022
Background: The Braden Scale is commonly used to determine Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries (HAPI). However, the volume of patients who are identified as being at risk stretches already limited resources, and caregivers are limited by the number of ...
Odai Y. Dweekat, Sarah S. Lam, Lindsay McGrath   +2 more
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