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The pressure injury predictive model: A framework for hospital‐acquired pressure injuries [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2020 AbstractBackgroundDespite decades of research, pressure injuries continue to be a source of significant pain and delayed recovery for patients and substantial quality and cost issues for hospitals. Consideration of the current thinking around pressure injury risk must be evaluated to improve risk assessments and subsequent nursing interventions aimed ...
Dana Tschannen, Christine Anderson
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Sensors, 2020 Pressure injuries represent a major concern in many nations. These wounds result from prolonged pressure on the skin, which mainly occur among elderly and disabled patients.
Sofia Zahia +2 more
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Sustainable pressure injury prevention [PDF]
BMJ Open Quality, 2023 The quality department used adaptive leadership and the plan-do-study-act cycle to decrease pressure injury (PI) rates. After identifying gaps, the pressure injury prevention bundle was developed and implemented to bring evidence-based nursing practice to frontline nurses.
Charleen Singh +3 more
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Measurement of Intraspinal Pressure After Spinal Cord Injury: Technical Note from the Injured Spinal Cord Pressure Evaluation Study. [PDF]
, 2016 Intracranial pressure (ICP) is routinely measured in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). We describe a novel technique that allowed us to monitor intraspinal pressure (ISP) at the injury site in 14 patients who had severe acute traumatic ...
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Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2015 Background/Objective: Pressure injuries are a common yet largely preventable complication of hospitalisation. Whilst occupational therapists commonly prescribe pressure-relieving devices to reduce these risks, evidence to support clinical decision-making
Alyce Folan +2 more
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Systemic hypertension in cats with acute kidney injury [PDF]
, 2017 Retrospective study of cats presenting to the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, Royal Veterinary College with acute kidney injury between 2007 and 2015.
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Prevalence of Pressure Injuries and Risk Factors in Long-Term Surgical Procedures
Bezmiâlem Science, 2021 Objective:To determine the risk factors and prevalence associated with intraoperative pressure injury (IPI) in surgical procedures lasting more than two hours, and to draw attention of surgical nurses to the prevention of IPI.Methods:This cross ...
Cemile AKAN, Yazile YAZICI SAYIN
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Microdialysis to optimize cord perfusion and drug delivery in spinal cord injury. [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVE: There is lack of monitoring from the injury site to guide management of patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury. Here we describe a bedside microdialysis monitoring technique for optimizing spinal cord perfusion and drug delivery at ...
Abrahamsson +35 more
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Nursing Open, 2019 Aim Pressure injuries as an indicator measuring the quality of nursing care and patient safety is a major health care problem worldwide. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and behaviour of nurses in preventing pressure injuries ...
Mojgan Lotfi +3 more
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High-Pressure Injection Injury of the Face: A Case Report on Presentation and Management [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction: High-pressure injection injuries have been chronicled for decades.1 These injuries often affect distal extremities as they are most commonly involved in workplace accidents.1 However, we discuss a young male with a paint-gun injection ...
Briggs, Blake +3 more
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