Abstract:Introduction: In Brazil, for example, pressure injuries characterize a serious public health problem. Objective: To identify and characterize the factors that influenced the appearance of pressure injury in a trauma victim patient due to a motorcycle crash hospitalized at the Vilhena Regional Hospital using immobilization by splint for immobilization. Discussion: The study evidenced that the number of LPPs in the region of calcaneus is a high level, causing greater development in patients with intrinsic and in… Show more
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