Pressure ulcer in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: significant factors and association with neurological outcome

Abstract

Early nutritional supplementation and monitoring of haemoglobin should be an important part of nursing care interventions for patients at increased risk of developing pressure ulcer.

cEEG electrode-related pressure ulcers in acutely hospitalized patients

“…11,30 At the same time, pressure ulcers in general are considered serious preventable complications that contribute substantially to health care costs in critically ill hospitalized patients. 13,21,24,28 Nevertheless, we find that EERPU are generally less severe than other commonly reported hospital-acquired pressure ulcers. Future studies should explore in depth factors related to the prevention of skin breakdown, including types of EEG leads that minimize risk, best practices for skin care, and lead placement strategies that may minimize the risk of skin breakdown.…”

“…[21][22][23][24] On occasion, responsible technicians did not record all variables; in all, 973 (64%) patients had at least one variable missing. In these cases, we retrospectively cross-checked the related medical record and nursing flowsheets to fill in missing values.…”

Validation of a New Clinico-Radiological Grading for Compound Head Injury: Implications on the Prognosis and the Need for Surgical Intervention

“…Due to the complex interplay of trauma induced clinico-biochemical mechanisms and heterogeneous nature of compound head injury with substantially different severities, previous studies had resulted in conflicting results (5,9,(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27). Till date there is neither any categorization of the severity of compound head injury, nor any controlled study evaluating its outcome, to support any management strategy over another (3).This prompted us to device systematic grading of compound head injury with prognostic and management relevance.…”

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy versus nasogastric feeding in older individuals with non-stroke dysphagia: A systematic review

“…In conditions such as motor neuron disease and dementia, which are progressive and life-limiting, dysphagia often occurs at the later phases of these conditions (38). Presence of pressure sores also influenced the mortality of the patients (39). Previous studies have also suggested that PEG feeding may be of limited benefit compared to oral feeding in patients with dementia.…”