Prevalence and incidence density of unavoidable pressure ulcers in elderly patients admitted to medical units

A Palese, B Trevisani, A Guarnier, P Barelli… - Journal of Tissue …, 2017 - Elsevier
To describe the prevalence and incidence density of hospital-acquired unavoidable
pressure sores among patients aged≥ 65 years admitted to acute medical units. A
secondary analysis of longitudinal study data collected in 2012 and 2013 from 12 acute
medical units located in 12 Italian hospitals was performed. Unavoidable pressure ulcers
were defined as those that occurred in haemodynamically unstable patients, suffering from
cachexia and/or terminally ill and were acquired after hospital admission. Data at patient …
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