Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries and Acute Skin Failure in Critical Care: A Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to examine clinical characteristics and risk factors for critically ill patients who develop pressure injuries and identify the proportion of validated unavoidable pressure injuries associated with the proposed risk factors for acute skin failure (ASF).

Design

Retrospective case-control comparative study.

Subjects and setting

The sample comprised adult critically ill participants hospitalized in critical care units such as surgical, trauma, cardiovascular surgical, cardiac, neuro, and medical intensive care and corresponding progressive care units in 5 acute care hospitals within a large Midwestern academic/teaching healthcare system. Participants who developed hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) and patients without HAPIs

SUBMITTER: Pittman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8078725 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Feb 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature