Trial reportInternational wound journal2013
Taking the pressure off in the Emergency Department: evaluation of the prophylactic application of a low shear, soft silicon sacral dressing on high risk medical patients.
Trial report in International wound journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness on hospital-acquired pressure ulcers prevention: a systematic review.International wound journal · 2019Pooled it
- Chronic wounds in Australia: A systematic review of key epidemiological and clinical parameters.International wound journal · 2019Pooled it
- Systematic review of the use of prophylactic dressings in the prevention of pressure ulcers.International wound journal · 2014Pooled it
- Cost-effectiveness of multi-layered silicone foam dressings for prevention of sacral and heel pressure ulcers in high-risk intensive care unit patients: An economic analysis of a randomised controlled trial.International wound journal · 2020Trial
- A randomised controlled trial of the clinical effectiveness of multi-layer silicone foam dressings for the prevention of pressure injuries in high-risk aged care residents: The Border III Trial.International wound journal · 2018Trial
- A randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of soft silicone multi-layered foam dressings in the prevention of sacral and heel pressure ulcers in trauma and critically ill patients: the border trial.International wound journal · 2015Trial
- The cost-benefit of using soft silicone multilayered foam dressings to prevent sacral and heel pressure ulcers in trauma and critically ill patients: a within-trial analysis of the Border Trial.International wound journal · 2015Trial
- Sustainable pressure injury prevention.BMJ open quality · 2023Article
- Ambulance referral of more than 2 hours could result in a high prevalence of medical-device-related pressure injuries (MDRPIs) with characteristics different from some inpatient settings: a descriptive observational study.BMC emergency medicine · 2023Observational
- Mepilex Border Sacrum and Heel Dressings for the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers: A NICE Medical Technology Guidance.Applied health economics and health policy · 2019Review
- Preventing pressure injuries in the emergency department: Current evidence and practice considerations.International wound journal · 2019Article
- Prescription of pressure injury preventative interventions following risk assessment: An exploratory, descriptive study.International wound journal · 2018Article
- Effectiveness of a multi-layer foam dressing in preventing sacral pressure ulcers for the early acute care of patients with a traumatic spinal cord injury: comparison with the use of a gel mattress.International wound journal · 2017Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Pressure injuries are key clinical indicators of care standard. In Australia, pressure injuries increase length of hospital stay by 4.31 and cost $285 million annually. This pilot study examined the effectiveness of sacral dressing in reducing the prevalence of pressure injuries in older, high-risk patients. A non randomised one-sample experimental design was used in this study comprising of four phases. Of the 51 patients recruited to the study, one patient developed a sacral pressure injury compared to six patients identified in a known group with similar demographics who were not approached to participate in the study. The results indicated that patients in the known group were 5.4 times more likely to develop a pressure injury than the intervention group. Findings suggest that applying a protective sacral dressing with a low shear backing as part of a simple standardised prevention injury prevention regime commencing in the Emergency Department was beneficial in the prevention of pressure injury in older 'at high risk' medical patients.
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