title: Pressure ulcers in critically ill patients: incidence and associated factors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to identify the incidence and describe the associated factors for pressure ulcers in critically ill patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  this was a prospective cohort study with 77 patients, using a clinical, metabolic assessment and the associated factors for pressure ulcer, applying the risk scales (Braden and Waterlow) and assigning ulcers to categories.
  
  
  RESULTS
  an incidence of 22% (95% CI 12.6 - 31.5), with 17 patients with 32 pressure ulcers in the sacral region (47%), and of Class I (72%). The length of stay was greater than ten days (71%), most admissions were surgical (53%) or for congestive heart failure (24%), and were high risk on the Braden Scale (59%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the study highlights the high incidence of pressure ulcers, clinical and metabolic characteristics and associated factors, as well as the outcome of death, requiring, therefore, preventive measures.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Andressa Tomazini
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Borghardt
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Thiago Nascimento do
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Prado
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sheilla Diniz Silveira
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Bicudo
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Denise Silveira de
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Edla de Oliveira
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bringuente
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors