title: [Laser therapy in pressure ulcers: evaluation by the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing and Nursing Outcomes Classification].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the pressure ulcer healing process in critically ill patients treated with conventional dressing therapy plus low-intensity laser therapy evaluated by the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH) and the result of Wound Healing: Secondary Intention, according to the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC).
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report study according to nursing process conducted with an Intensive Care Unit patient. Data were collected with an instrument containing the PUSH and the result of the NOC. In the analysis we used descriptive statistics, considering the scores obtained on the instrument.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A reduction in the size of lesions of 7cm to 1.5cm of length and 6cm to 1.1cm width, in addition to the increase of epithelial tissue and granulation, decreased secretion and odor.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was improvement in the healing process of the lesion treated with adjuvant therapy and the use of NOC allowed a more detailed and accurate assessment than the PUSH.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palagi
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Isis Marques
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Severo
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dóris Baratz
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Menegon
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Amália de Fátima
authors.initials: Ade F
authors.lastname: Lucena
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009736:Nursing Process; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing