Pressure Ulcer in Intensive Care Units: a case-control study.

CONCLUSION: Age and days of hospitalization presented a dose-response effect, the longer the age or the number of days of hospitalization, the greater the chances of Pressure Ulcer. There was a significant association among higher occurrences of death in patients with ulcer.
PMID: 30517408 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem - November 1, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Pachá HHP, Faria JIL, Oliveira KA, Beccaria LM Tags: Rev Bras Enferm Source Type: research