A retrospective study to determine the incidence of pressure ulcers in burn patients using a low air loss pressure relieving mattress
| Autor: | Connie Rinker, Beretta Craft-Coffman, Joseph M. Still, Joan Wilson, Edward J. Law |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Georgia Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Burn Units Beds Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Bed rest medicine Humans Child Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Pressure Ulcer business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) The Renaissance Retrospective cohort study Equipment Design General Medicine Middle Aged Surgery Anesthesia Emergency Medicine Female Burns business Complication |
| Zdroj: | Burns. 29:363-365 |
| ISSN: | 0305-4179 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0305-4179(02)00313-3 |
| Popis: | In immobilized patients, unrelieved pressure can create decubitus ulcers over bony prominences. Those burn patients who require prolonged bed rest, are prone to the development of such problems. Various methods of reducing pressure on these areas, including frequent turning and the use of air fluidized and low air loss beds, have been adopted to attempt to prevent the development of this complication. The Pegasus Renaissance alternating pressure mattress is such a device, intended to reduce the incidence of decubitus ulcers. It was introduced at our burn unit and evaluated over a 29-month period. During the study period, 186 (13.4%) of 1390 acutely burned patients, believed to be at high risk for the development of decubiti, were placed on this mattress. Other patients were treated in the standard hospital bed. Care was otherwise the same. No decubitus ulcers developed in any of the patients treated on the Pegasus Renaissance mattress. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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