Determinants of mortality among older adults with pressure ulcers

Racial and ethnic disparities in the healing of pressure ulcers present at nursing home admission

“…However, as recently as 2014, the occurrence of pressure ulcers among older adults has been called a global “public health problem”, a conclusion based on rates of pressure ulcers among NHs residents as well as hospitalized patients (Jaul & Menzel, 2014). Older hospitalized patients who were nursing home residents have a two-fold risk of mortality from pressure ulcers compared to those admitted from home (Khor et al, 2014) underscoring the significance of this problem. Since the time of our data, incidence of pressure ulcers among NH residents has been reported to be 14% and 33% in two European countries (Meesterberends et al, 2013) and 39.4% in Brazil (de Souza & de Gouveia Santos, 2010).…”

Sepsis and Other Infectious Disease Emergencies in the Elderly

“…Infected pressure ulcers are a source of increased mortality among elders. 134 Necrotizing soft tissue infections involving the fascia and muscle likewise bear high mortality, particularly in those who develop early organ dysfunction. 135 …”

Adverse outcomes after major surgery in patients with pressure ulcer: A nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study

“…First of all, detailed information on patient sociodemographics, lifestyle, nutritional status, biomedical measurements, and the clinical stage and causes of pressure ulcer was not available from the National Health Insurance Research Database. However, we added some information regarding the possible stage of pressure in the tables according to previous investigations [41][42][43][44][45]. Second, because this study lacks detailed grading of preoperative pressure ulcer [26], we could not investigate the impact of severity of pressure ulcer on postoperative mortality.…”