Pressure Ulcer in Trauma Patients: A Higher Spinal Cord Injury Level Leads to Higher Risk

BACKGROUND: In a systematic review, the level of spinal cord injury (SCI) was not associated with risk for pressure ulcer (PU). We hypothesized that in the acute trauma population, upper-SCI (cervical/thoracic) has greater risk for PU when compared to lower-SCI (lumbar/sacral). We additionally sough...

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Published in:J Am Coll Clin Wound Spec
Main Authors: Grigorian, Areg, Sugimoto, Megumi, Joe, Victor, Schubl, Sebastian, Lekawa, Michael, Dolich, Matthew, Kuncir, Eric, Barrios, Cristobal, Nahmias, Jeffry
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6304286/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30591898
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jccw.2018.06.001
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