ArticleRevista latino-americana de enfermagem
Evaluation of the pressure ulcers risk scales with critically ill patients: a prospective cohort study.
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- Diagnostic Accuracy of Pressure Injury Risk Assessment Tools for Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Pooled it
- Recommendations and Best Practices for the Risk Assessment of Pressure Injuries in Adults Admitted to Intensive Care Units: A Scoping Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Review
- A retrospective cohort study of a PIRFAS- and ultrasound-guided program for pressure ulcers in prone orthopedic surgery.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- A Feasibility Study of Thermography for Detecting Pressure Injuries Across Diverse Skin Tones.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Comparing the Waterlow and Jackson/Cubbin pressure injury risk scales in intensive care units: A multi-centre study.International wound journal · 2024Article
- Pressure injury prevalence in critical care settings: An observational pre-post intervention study.Nursing open · 2024Observational
- Pressure injury prevention measures: overview of systematic reviews.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2023Review
- Risk assessment instruments for pressure ulcer in adults in critical situation: a scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2023Article
- Risk for undernutrition and development of pressure injury in hospitalised patients in Brazil: Multicentre prospective cohort study.International wound journal · 2020Article
- Using the Braden subscales to assess risk of pressure injuries in adult patients: A retrospective case-control study.International wound journal · 2019Article
- Pressure Ulcer Risk Evaluation in Critical Patients: Clinical and Social Characteristics.The open nursing journal · 2017Article
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Abstract
aimsto evaluate the accuracy of the Braden and Waterlow risk assessment scales in critically ill inpatients.
methodthis prospective cohort study, with 55 patients in intensive care units, was performed through evaluation of sociodemographic and clinical variables, through the application of the scales (Braden and Waterlow) upon admission and every 48 hours; and through the evaluation and classification of the ulcers into categories.
resultsthe pressure ulcer incidence was 30.9%, with the Braden and Waterlow scales presenting high sensitivity (41% and 71%) and low specificity (21% and 47%) respectively in the three evaluations. The cut off scores found in the first, second and third evaluations were 12, 12 and 11 in the Braden scale, and 16, 15 and 14 in the Waterlow scale.
conclusionthe Braden scale was shown to be a good screening instrument, and the Waterlow scale proved to have better predictive power.
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