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Incidence and prevalence of medical device-related pressure ulcers in children and adults
- Source :
- Evidence Based Nursing. 23:62-62
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- BMJ, 2019.
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Abstract
- Commentary on: Jackson D, Sarki AM, Betteridge R, Brooke J. Medical device-related pressure ulcers: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Nurs Stud 2019;92:109–120. Medical device-related pressure ulcers are areas of localised injury to the skin or underlying tissue as a result of sustained pressure from a device.1 Medical device-related pressure ulcers occur across hospital departments.2 Patients who use medical devices are twice more likely to develop pressure injuries than patients who do not use medical devices.3 Medical device-related pressure ulcers decrease patients’ …
- Subjects :
- Adult
Pressure Ulcer
medicine.medical_specialty
Medical device
030504 nursing
business.industry
Incidence
Incidence (epidemiology)
MEDLINE
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Emergency medicine
Prevalence
Humans
Medicine
Fundamentals and skills
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
0305 other medical science
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14689618 and 13676539
- Volume :
- 23
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Evidence Based Nursing
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a4d7b0b28f76592774de457502009e23