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Predicting and preventing pressure ulcers in surgical patients
Author(s) -
Schultz Alyce
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)60465-1
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , disfigurement , surgery , surgical procedures , general surgery
• PRESSURE ULCERS, regardless of their origin, represent negative outcomes for patients, including pain, additional treatments and surgery, longer hospital stays, disfigurement or scarring, increased morbidity, and increased costs. • THE OR IS A HIGH‐RISK environment for the development of pressure ulcers. Preoperative identification of patients at risk for pressure ulcer development is imperative if cost‐effective, evidence‐based preventive measures are to be implemented. • THIS ARTICLE PRESENTS a review of the literature pertaining to pressure ulcer development in surgical patients. Recommendations for future research and implications for practice are provided. AORN J 81 (May 2005) 986–1006.