scholarly journals Standard laboratory tests are recommended as supplements to the Braden scale for pressure ulcer risk

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Man‐Li Zha ◽  
Hong‐Lin Chen
2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 202-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Johansen Skogestad ◽  
Liv Martinsen ◽  
Tove Elisabet Børsting ◽  
Tove Irene Granheim ◽  
Eirin Sigurdssøn Ludvigsen ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 627-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver M. Theusinger ◽  
Werner Baulig ◽  
Burkhardt Seifert ◽  
Stefan M. Müller ◽  
Sergio Mariotti ◽  
...  

1995 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 361-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
MK Jiricka ◽  
P Ryan ◽  
MA Carvalho ◽  
J Bukvich

BACKGROUND: Although it is well known that pressure ulcers are associated with negative patient outcomes and increased hospital cost, there is little research related to pressure ulcers in an intensive care unit population. OBJECTIVE: To determine the relative contribution of risk factors in the development of pressure ulcers in intensive care unit patients. METHOD: In an exploratory descriptive design, a convenience sample of 85 adults was used. Patients were enrolled in the study within 24 hours of admission to the intensive care unit; data were collected every other day until discharge from the intensive care unit. Instruments included a demographic data form, Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk, Skin Assessment Tool, and Decubitus Ulcer Potential Analyzer. RESULTS: The most common reasons for admission to the intensive care unit included multiple trauma from motor vehicle accidents, gunshot and stab wounds, and gastrointestinal bleeding. A pressure ulcer developed in 48 subjects. There were no significant differences in age, gender, history of diabetes or smoking, or medical diagnoses between patients in whom a pressure ulcer developed and those in whom it did not. Data analysis indicated that a Braden Scale score of 11, rather than the recommended score of 16, was statistically significant for predicting pressure ulcer risk. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that a cut-off score on the Braden Scale could be specific to an intensive care unit trauma population.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shun Wang ◽  
Wei Wu

AbstractHypoplastic constitutive models are able to describe history dependence using a single nonlinear tensorial function with a set of parameters. A hypoplastic model including a structure tensor for consolidation history was introduced in our previous paper (Wang and Wu in Acta Geotechnica, 2020, 10.1007/s11440-020-01000-z). The present paper focuses mainly on the model validation with experiments. This model is as simple as the modified Cam Clay model but with better performance. The model requires five parameters, which are easy to calibrate from standard laboratory tests. In particular, the model is capable of capturing the unloading behavior without introducing loading criteria. Numerical simulations of element tests and comparison with experiments show that the proposed model is able to reproduce the salient features of normally consolidated and overconsolidated clays.


2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 475-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phyllis A. Bonham ◽  
Teresa Kelechi ◽  
Martina Mueller ◽  
Jacob Robison

1996 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry VandenBosch ◽  
Cecelia Montoye ◽  
Martha Satwicz ◽  
Karen Durkee-Leonard ◽  
Barbara Boylan-Lewis

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 1153-1160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinay Sundaram ◽  
Jane Lim ◽  
Danielle M. Tholey ◽  
Sentia Iriana ◽  
Irene Kim ◽  
...  

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document