title: [Risk assessment for pressure ulcer in critical patients].
abstract: Bedridden patients are in risk to developing pressure ulcers and represent a priority group to be studied to identify this condition. To reach this goal, specific instruments are used to assess this problem. The objective of this study was to analyze the risk factors to developing pressure ulcers in adult patients hospitalized in ICUs. This is a sectional analytical study, in which evaluations were performed on 140 patients, hospitalized in 22 ICUs, using the Braden scale. Results showed that patients hospitalized from 15 days or more showed some level of risk. The highest frequencies of pressure ulcers were found in patients in the following categories: sensorial perception (completely limited), moistness (constantly moist), mobility (completely immobilized), activity (bedridden), nutrition (adequate) and friction and shear (problem). In conclusion, the use of this scale is an important strategy when providing care to patients in intensive treatment.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Básica, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. latini@ufmg.br
authors.forename: Flávia Sampaio Latini
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Marisa Antonini Ribeiro
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bastos
authors.forename: Fernanda Penido
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Matozinhos
authors.forename: Hanrieti Rotelli
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Temponi
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Velásquez-Meléndez
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000209:etiology*; D018570:Risk Assessment