Pressure ulcer risk in hip fracture patients

Hip fracture patients have a high risk of pressure ulcers (PU). We followed 121 hip fracture patients for the development of pressure ulcers and evaluated a risk assessment tool for sensitivity and specificity. More than half of the patients presented with PU, mostly stage I. Risk factors for PU wer...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Acta orthopaedica 2004, Vol.75 (4), p.390-393
Main Authors: Houwing, Ronald, Rozendaal, Marja, Wouters-Wesseling, Wendeline, Buskens, Erik, Keller, Paul, Haalboom, Jeen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Dermatology
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Female
Hip Fractures - complications
Humans
Incidence
Male
Medical sciences
Pressure Ulcer - epidemiology
Pressure Ulcer - etiology
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Skin involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous. General aspects
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Hip fracture patients have a high risk of pressure ulcers (PU). We followed 121 hip fracture patients for the development of pressure ulcers and evaluated a risk assessment tool for sensitivity and specificity. More than half of the patients presented with PU, mostly stage I. Risk factors for PU were high age and the length of time on the operating table. The risk assessment tool had a low predictive value, however. It is thus hard to predict which patients will develop PU and which will not. Accordingly, we propose maximum preventive measures against PU for all patients presenting with hip fractures.
ISSN:1651-1964
0001-6470
1745-3682
DOI:10.1080/00016470410001132-1