ReviewInternational wound journal2015
Use of wound dressings to enhance prevention of pressure ulcers caused by medical devices.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 121 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patient Referral and Pressure Injuries: A Systematic Review.Nursing open · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review: Incidence and prevalence of mucous membrane pressure injury in adults admitted to acute hospital settings.International wound journal · 2022Pooled it
- Comparison of aloe vera gel dressing with conventional dressing on pressure ulcer pain reduction: a clinical trial.BMC research notes · 2024Trial
- The Impact of Head Elevation on Prevalence and Severity of Emergence Cough in Male Patients during Endotracheal Extubation.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Trial
- Securement to prevent device-related pressure injuries in the intensive care unit: A randomised controlled feasibility study.International wound journal · 2020Trial
- Influence of the ventilatory mode on acute adverse effects and facial thermography after noninvasive ventilation.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e TisilogiaTrial
- Prevalence and associated factors of medical device-related pressure injuries in long-term care facilities: a multicenter cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Development of an explainable machine learning model for predicting device-related pressure injuries in clinical settings.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2025Article
- Construction of Medical Device-Related Pressure Injury Risk Assessment Tool for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine: A Multi-Centre Prospective Study.International wound journal · 2025Article
- Summary of Best Evidence for Integrated Airway Management in ICU Tracheostomy Patients.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
- Intensive Care Nurses' Perceptions, Knowledge, and Attitudes Toward Pressure Injury Prevention in Prone Position Patients: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study in Shanghai, China.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- Non-invasive Ventilation Interventions for Skin Injury Prevention: Scoping Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2023Article
- Preventing pressure injury in open-heart surgical patients: A systematic review.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Analysis of the clinical features and risk factors of device-related pressure injuries in the operating room.International wound journal · 2023Article
- Strategies to preventing pressure injuries among intensive care unit patients mechanically ventilated in prone position: a systematic review and a Delphi study.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Nursing care and prevalence of adverse events in prone position: Characteristics of mechanically ventilated patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 pulmonary infection.Nursing in critical care · 2022Article
- Medical device related pressure ulcers in Jordan: Prevalence study among critically ill patients.Health science reports · 2022Article
- What makes a hydrogel-based dressing advantageous for the prevention of medical device-related pressure ulcers.International wound journal · 2022Article
- The mechanobiology theory of the development of medical device-related pressure ulcers revealed through a cell-scale computational modeling framework.Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology · 2021Article
- Application of the Care Bundle in Perioperative Nursing Care of the Type A Aortic Dissection.International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
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7 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Medical device related pressure ulcers (MDR PUs) are defined as pressure injuries associated with the use of devices applied for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes wherein the PU that develops has the same configuration as the device. Many institutions have reduced the incidence of traditional PUs (sacral, buttock and heel) and therefore the significance of MDR PU has become more apparent. The highest risk of MDR PU has been reported to be patients with impaired sensory perception, such as neuropathy, and an impaired ability for the patient to communicate discomfort, for example, oral intubation, language barriers, unconsciousness or non-verbal state. Patients in critical care units typify the high-risk patient and they often require more devices for monitoring and therapeutic purposes. An expert panel met to review the evidence on the prevention of MDR PUs and arrived at these conclusions: (i) consider applying dressings that demonstrate pressure redistribution and absorb moisture from body areas in contact with medical devices, tubing and fixators, (ii) in addition to dressings applied beneath medical devices, continue to lift and/or move the medical device to examine the skin beneath it and reposition for pressure relief and (iii) when simple repositioning does not relieve pressure, it is important not to create more pressure by placing dressings beneath tight devices.
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