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Patient risk factors for pressure ulcer development: systematic review.

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Overall there is no single factor which can explain pressure ulcer risk, rather a complex interplay of factors which increase the probability of pressure ulcers development.
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This article is published in International Journal of Nursing Studies.The article was published on 2013-07-01 and is currently open access. It has received 537 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Risk factor & Observational study.

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Pressure Injury Prevention and Management

TL;DR: In this paper, the link between malnutrition and pressure injuries (PIs) is discussed, focusing on nutritional screening, assessment, and interdisciplinary interventions in preventing and managing PIs.
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Development of a wireless communication prototype based on e-textile concept for application in healthcare monitoring of patients subject to sacral pressure injuries

TL;DR: In this paper, a system for monitoring the early stages of pressure injuries in the sacral body region in hospitalized patients to aid in medical decision-making is discussed, with a focus on the use of e-textile concept technologies, IoHT and WBAN.
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Platelet-rich fibrin accelerates skin wound healing in pressure injuries: a rat model.

TL;DR: In this in vivo rat model for PI, PRF accelerated skin wound healing by increasing angiogenesis in the wound by speeding up the healing rate of PIs in the rats.
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Development of a Multivariable Prediction Model for Risk of Hospitalization With Pressure Injury After Entering Residential Aged Care.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors identified predictors and developed a prognostic model for risk of hospitalization with pressure injury (PI) using integrated Australian aged and health care data using elastic nets penalized regression and Fine and Gray models.

Using an Electronic Health Record to Examine Nurse Continuity and Pressure Ulcers

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