title: [FREQUENCY OF PRESSURE ULCERS IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED IN THE CORONARY AND INTENSIVE UNIT CARE OF A HIGH SPECIALITY HOSPITAL].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH) represent a serious problem around the world since they have important consequences, personal and economic, this making it a public problem health. The PUSH are a challenge for professionals nursing at all levels of care.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Identify the frequency of Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing in patients hospitalized in coronary and intensive unit care of a high specialty hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive, observational, prospective, and cross-sectional study. The population was composed of 139 patients who were admitted in June and July period of 2015 in the Coronary and Intensive Unit Care.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total of patients valued (139) show a mean age of 50 years old, the 51.8% male, of these the 61.4% developed a skin lesion related to prostration. The 84.17% are not mobilized as recommended, of these the (45.3%) belonged to Neurosurgery, with a range hospital stay from 1 to 36-day. The 79.8% (111 patients) were under sedation drug. Directly related to the emergence of PUSH, obtaining 41% of patients ulcerated lesions the 8.2 average days.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The PUSH as problem are present in a Coronary and General Intensive Care Unit frequently (41%) in June and July of 2015. The care and treatment of people with PUSH must be dynamic and interdisciplinary.
authors.forename: Víctor Manuel
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Ramos Frausto
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: De La Roca Chiapas
authors.forename: Nancy Yadira
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Días García
authors.forename: Juana Graciela
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Luna Camargo
authors.forename: Mariazel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García Rocha
mesh_terms: D003325:Coronary Care Units; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies