Peri-operative Risk Factors for Postoperative Pressure Ulcer in Surgical Patients

Yonsei University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Postoperative Pressure Ulcer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02279355

4-2014-0323

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this retrospective study is to overall evaluate and validate preoperative and intra-operative risk factors for postoperative pressure ulcers in critically ill postoperative patients.

Enrollment: 126 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients in ICU with a greater than 48 hours
• Underwent a surgical procedures,
• Absence of pressure ulcer present at admission to the ICU and developed a stage II or higher pressure ulcer, deep tissue injury, or unstageable ulcer, as defined by the pressure ulcer staging guidelines of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients will be excluded from the study if they had been diagnosed with pressure ulcer before the surgery
• Pediatric patients

Trial design

126 participants in 2 patient groups

pressure ulcer group

Description:

Patient who developing pressure ulcer categorized as stage more than II after surgery

Control group

Description:

Patients has identical values on the matching factors such as age, sex and surgical procedures of control group