Resultados: 3

Lesão por pressão decorrente do posicionamento cirúrgico e fatores associados

Resumo Objetivo: Analisar a ocorrência de lesão por pressão decorrente do posicionamento cirúrgico e os fatores associados. Método: Estudo observacional, longitudinal, realizado com 239 pacientes submetidos à cirurgia eletiva. Para coleta de dados, utilizou-se instrumento de caracterização soci...

Risk assessment for perioperative pressure injuries

ABSTRACT Objectives: to evaluate and classify patients according to the Risk Assessment Scale for Perioperative Pressure Injuries; verify the association between sociodemographic and clinical variables and the risk score; and identify the occurrence of pressure injuries due to surgical positioning. Met...

Influence of support surfaces on the distribution of body interface pressure in surgical positioning

Abstract Objective: to evaluate the interface pressure (IP) of support surfaces (SSs) on bony prominences. Method: a quasi-experimental study with repeated measures on each SS. Twenty healthy adult volunteers participated in the study. The participants were placed in the supine position on a standard o...