Aim Pressure injuries are common adverse events in clinical practice, affecting the well‐
being of patients and causing considerable financial burden to healthcare systems. It is …

Antecedentes Una lesión de decúbito (LD), también conocida como «úlcera por presión» o
«escara», es un área de daño tisular localizado causado por una presión no aliviada …

Description: The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline to present
the evidence and provide clinical recommendations based on the comparative effectiveness …

A systematic review with meta-analysis was completed to determine the capacity of risk
assessment scales and nurses' clinical judgment to predict pressure ulcer (PU) …

Much is written about risk-assessment scales (RASs) for pressure ulcers (PU) and their
properties demonstrating that they are of limited value. Less is known about the reasons for …

Objectives To review and examine the evidence of the value of pressure injury risk
assessment scales in intensive care patients. Research methodology We searched …

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of two pressure-ulcer screening tools against clinical
judgement in preventing pressure ulcers. Design A single blind randomised controlled trial …

This methodological study aimed to evaluate the predictive validity of the Braden scale in
critical care patients. The study was conducted in four intensive care units of a general …

Pressure ulcers are a significant problem in today's aging society. Although there are no
concrete data on total costs, the United States cost of managing pressure ulcers is estimated …

Method The methodology used is a narrative literature review, the bibliography was
reviewed through Cinahl, Pubmed, EBSCO, Medline and Google scholar, 26 scientific …