Background Pressure ulcers remain a major health problem affecting approximately 3
million adults. 1 In 1993, pressure ulcers were noted in 280,000 hospital stays, and 11 years …

Pressure ulcers are complex chronic wounds for which no gold standard for prevention or
treatment has yet been established. Several attempts at developing guidelines has been …

Background. Frailty and fitness are important attributes of older persons, but population
samples of their prevalence, attributes, and outcomes are limited. Methods. The authors …

Objective: To identify risk factors associated with pressure ulcer development among adult
hospitalized medical and surgical patients. Design: A prospective comparative study …

Background Pressure injury imposes a significant burden for patients and healthcare
systems and the majority of pressure injuries are preventable. The early identification of …

OBJECTIVE: In acute respiratory failure, non-invasive ventilation (NIV) treatment is used to
prevent the need for intubation. NIV applied through a face mask may contribute to the …

Aims. To determine incidence of pressure ulcers in patients at risk according to the Waterlow
scale in intensive care units and to evaluate the effects of risk factors in critically ill patients …

Much is written about risk-assessment scales (RASs) for pressure ulcers (PU) and their
properties demonstrating that they are of limited value. Less is known about the reasons for …

Many risk factors for the development of pressure ulcers (PUs) in the general hospital
population have been identified, but consensus is lacking on specific PU risk factors for …

Considerable dogma and rhetoric, rather than evidence-based results, have accompanied
recommendations for the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers. Therapy for pressure …