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The Norton scale is an important predictor of in-hospital mortality in internal medicine patients
Irish Journal of Medical Science, 2022The Norton scale, a marker of patient frailty used to predict the risk of pressure ulcers, but the predictive value of the Norton scale for in-hospital mortality after adjustment for a wide range of demographic, and abnormal admission laboratory test results shown in themselves to have a high predictive value for in-hospital mortality is unclear.The ...
Zvi Shimoni, Paul Froom, Shimoni Zvi
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Interrater Variability in a Modified Norton Scale
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 1987ABSTRACT. The Norton scale was devised in 1960 to provide nurses with a means to predict and prevent pressure sore development. The modified Norton scale now used comprises mental condition, activity, mobility, food intake, fluid intake, incontinence and general physical condition. Eleven wards were asked to participate.
Anna-Christina Ek, Per Bjurulf
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The Use of the Modified Norton Scale in Nursing‐Home Patients
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 1995Patients in three nursing‐home wards in Sweden were in 1991 assessed by the Modified Norton Scale (MNS). Of the 71 patients, 38 (49%) were considered to be at risk of developing pressure sores. Six of the patients had a total of eight pressure sores. Five sores were assessed as stage II, two sores as stage III and one sore as stage IV.
Gun Nordstrom, G Nordstrom
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The Modified Norton Scale and the Nutritional State
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 1989ABSTRACT. The Norton scale was devised in 1960 as an additive scale to facilitate the prediction and prevention of pressure sore development. The scale has been used both in the original version and in modified versions both in practice and as an instrument in nursing research. In a previous study the reliability had been analysed.
Anna-Christina Ek +2 more
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Revista Clínica Espanõla, 2018
To determine the association between the Norton scale score (which assesses the risk of pressure ulcers) and mortality in the short, medium and long term in patients hospitalised in Internal Medicine departments.A prospective, single-centre cohort study was conducted on patients hospitalised in the months of October 2010 and January, May and October ...
Jesus Díez-Manglano
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To determine the association between the Norton scale score (which assesses the risk of pressure ulcers) and mortality in the short, medium and long term in patients hospitalised in Internal Medicine departments.A prospective, single-centre cohort study was conducted on patients hospitalised in the months of October 2010 and January, May and October ...
Jesus Díez-Manglano
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Which pressure sore risk calculator? A study of the effectiveness of the Norton scale in Hong Kong
International Journal of Nursing Studies, 1997This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Norton score in predicting the likely occurrence of pressure sores compared to the Waterlow scale in Hong Kong. Two elderly care wards (one male and one female) were chosen, the sample size was 185 and the mean age of subjects was 80.4.
Peter French, P French
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Contribution of Individual Items to the Performance of the Norton Pressure Ulcer Prediction Scale
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1998OBJECTIVES : To assess the specific contribution to overall scale performance of each of the five items that constitute the Norton pressure ulcer prediction scale. DESIGN : A comparison of statistical models based on cross‐sectional ...
Thomas V Perneger, Jean-Michel Gaspoz
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Norton scale scores and 1-year mortality in elderly patients following lower limb amputations
Zeitschrift Fur Gerontologie Und Geriatrie, 2014The Norton scale is used for assessing the risk of pressure ulcers. The association between low admission Norton scale scores (ANSS), complications and mortality in elderly patients following lower limb amputations has never been studied until now.The aim of this study was to investigate if low ANSSs are associated with complications the 30-day and 1 ...
Shany Sherman, M Salai, Salai M
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Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2012
We sought to determine if low ANSS, usually associated with high pressure ulcer risk, are also associated with postoperative complications and in-hospital mortality following hip fracture surgery in the elderly. This was a retrospective cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary medical center.
Dan Justo
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We sought to determine if low ANSS, usually associated with high pressure ulcer risk, are also associated with postoperative complications and in-hospital mortality following hip fracture surgery in the elderly. This was a retrospective cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary medical center.
Dan Justo
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