Epidemiology, risk and prevention of pressure ulcers in critically ill patients: a literature review.
New nursing interventions and pressure-redistributing devices in intensive care units, and specific risk factors affecting critically ill patients, mean that different factors must be taken into consideration in preventing pressure ulcers.
de Laat
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Pressure Ulcer Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands. e.delaat@zorg.umcn.nl
Schoonhoven
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Pickkers
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Verbeek
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van Achterberg
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D001510:Bed Rest / Q000009:adverse effects; D001513:Beds; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D016638:Critical Illness; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015995:Prevalence; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D012107:Research Design; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D014945:Wound Healing