ReviewInternational wound journal2019
Pressure ulcers in cardiac surgery: Few clinical studies, difficult risk assessment, and profound clinical implications.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Incidence and risk factors of intraoperative acquired pressure injury in open heart surgical patients: a meta-analysis of prospective studies.European journal of medical research · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence and factors associated with pressure injury in patients undergoing open heart surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International wound journal · 2023Pooled it
- Study on the construction and verification of intraoperative pressure injury risk prediction model for children undergoing cardiac surgery.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- The Role of EuroSCORE II in Predicting Postoperative Pressure Injuries in Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Nomogram for intraoperatively acquired pressure injuries in children undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: a retrospective study.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Prevalence of pressure ulcers and associated factors among adult patients admitted at Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2023.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Association between modified frailty index and postoperative delirium in patients after cardiac surgery: A cohort study of 2080 older adults.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2024Article
- Extrinsic factors of pressure injuries in patients during surgery: A frequency matched retrospective study.International wound journal · 2023Article
- Preventing pressure injury in open-heart surgical patients: A systematic review.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Risk factors for heel pressure injury in cardiovascular intensive care unit patients.International wound journal · 2022Article
- Risk Factors for Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury in Surgical Critical Care Patients.American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses · 2020Article
- Pressure ulcers in cardiac surgery: Few clinical studies, difficult risk assessment, and profound clinical implications.International wound journal · 2019Review
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Abstract
Pressure ulcers (PUs) are a common complication after cardiac surgery, with almost one third of patients suffering from PUs during hospitalisation. Because of the burden that PUs exert on both the patients and the health care system, prevention is of utmost importance. The first step in successful prevention, however, includes the identification of the main features that render patients prone to PU development. Cardiac surgery population is not adequately addressed in current clinical trials and studies. Few studies focused specifically on cardiac surgery patients, but the majority included cardiac surgery patients within a heterogeneous population of acute or critical care patients. Therefore, additional research is warranted to understand the unique risk profile of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Intraoperative risk factors that affect tissue tolerance have not been thoroughly investigated but are likely to play an important role, which might explain the epidemiology of a PU. Further research is also needed to better comprehend the risk of PUs among cardiac surgery patients and to design effective and tailored preventative measures with the help of newer tools for risk assessment.
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