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The Norton scale is an important predictor of in-hospital mortality in internal medicine patients

Irish Journal of Medical Science, 2022
The 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 ...
Paul Froom, Zvi Shimoni
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Interrater Variability in a Modified Norton Scale

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 1987
ABSTRACT. 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, P Bjurulf, A C Ek
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The Modified Norton Scale and the Nutritional State

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 1989
ABSTRACT. 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.
Mitra Unosson   +2 more
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The Use of the Modified Norton Scale in Nursing‐Home Patients

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 1995
Patients 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.
B, Berglund, G, Nordström
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Norton scale score on admission and mortality of patients hospitalized in internal medicine departments

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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