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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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Are the classic signs of infection in concordance with results from percutaneous aspiration to diagnose infection in pressure injuries

TL;DR: The tandem strategy is not useful to indicate an infection in pressure injuries and is advocated exploring other signs of infection and the adoption of other more reliable signs together with the classic Signs of infection.
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Les mécanismes de structuration de l'activité des équipes de soins : Etude de cas sur la gestion des ulcères de pression

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a theory of the structuration of the health care system, which permet d'etudier les mecanismes d'interaction and de coordination of equipes de travail.
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Impact of interdisciplinary rounds in the spinal cord injury unit on relational coordination for patients with pressure injury: A pilot study.

TL;DR: Interdisciplinary rounds in the SCI unit was associated with significantly better Relational Coordination (RC) with hospitalists, surgical specialists, infectious diseases, nursing, and pharmacy, without significant difference in relationship domains.
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Comparative effectiveness of heel-specific medical devices for the prevention of heel pressure ulcers: A systematic review.

TL;DR: A systematic review of the effectiveness of heel-specific medical devices for the prevention of heel pressure ulcers (HPUs) was conducted by as discussed by the authors , where the primary outcome was incidence of new HPUs.
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Identification of risk factors of developing pressure injuries among immobile patient, and a risk prediction model establishment: A protocol for systematic review

TL;DR: This systematic review will provide a risk prediction model of PI developing from systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in immobile patients and identify individual risk factors that can be modified to aid prevention.
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