TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk indicators for pressure ulcers during surgery
AU - Schoonhoven, Lisette
AU - Defloor, Tom
AU - van der Tweel, Ingeborg
AU - Buskens, Erik
AU - Grypdonck, Maria H. F.
PY - 2002/8
Y1 - 2002/8
N2 - Patients undergoing surgery are prone to develop pressure ulcers during surgery. The aim of this study was to identify pressure ulcer risk indicators in patients undergoing surgery which lasted more than four hours. A prospective follow-up study was conducted in 208 patients. Data on presence or absence of pressure ulcers and risk indicators were collected preoperatively, duringsurgery, and postoperatively. The results show that of the many indicators recorded, the only predictor of pressure ulcers was length of surgery. Because it is not possible to influence the length of the surgery, prevention should primarily be aimed at decreasing pressure and shearing forces during surgery.
AB - Patients undergoing surgery are prone to develop pressure ulcers during surgery. The aim of this study was to identify pressure ulcer risk indicators in patients undergoing surgery which lasted more than four hours. A prospective follow-up study was conducted in 208 patients. Data on presence or absence of pressure ulcers and risk indicators were collected preoperatively, duringsurgery, and postoperatively. The results show that of the many indicators recorded, the only predictor of pressure ulcers was length of surgery. Because it is not possible to influence the length of the surgery, prevention should primarily be aimed at decreasing pressure and shearing forces during surgery.
U2 - 10.1053/apnr.2002.34145
DO - 10.1053/apnr.2002.34145
M3 - Article
SN - 0897-1897
VL - 15
SP - 163
EP - 173
JO - Applied nursing research
JF - Applied nursing research
IS - 3
ER -