Prevention of pressure ulcers for patients undergoing endoscopy procedures.

Posted on June 16, 2022 by John

“Patient positioning during gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures has received minimal attention compared with surgical procedures performed in the surgical setting. However, prolonged endoscopic interventions on patients and the increasing requirement for general anesthesia have changed to need for patient positioning guidelines. It is crucial to establish positioning guidelines for endoscopic procedures in supine, prone, and lateral positions.
These new patient positioning guidelines during gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures should become part of national endoscopy practice standards and the education curriculum of endoscopy nurses.” (Meeusen)

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Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Clinical Practice Guideline

Posted on August 9, 2019 by John

Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Clinical Practice Guideline

Developed by the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel and the Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance, this guideline presents a comprehensive review and appraisal of the best available evidence to the assessment, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers. This is a general guide to appropriate clinical practice, to be implemented by qualified health professionals subject to their clinical judgment and the patient’s personal preferences and available resources.

Criteria for unavoidable pressure ulcers

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Lisa

Seven articles were found that provide information on criteria for unavoidable pressure ulcers.

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Vasopressor agents and development of pressure ulcers

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Lisa

Five articles were found that provide evidence on patients’ usage of vasopressor agents and subsequent development of pressure ulcers.

In order to be able to use the Find it @ Emory button within article entries to look at the full text, please use these instructions to access the collection.
Go to the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library’s homepage at http://health.library.emory.edu/
Click on “PubMed.”
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Scheduled turning for pressure ulcers

Posted on February 20, 2017 by John

Evaluating optimal patient-turning procedures for reducing hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (LS-HAPU): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. (n.d.). Trials., 17, Trials. , 2016, Vol.17.

Hsiao, R., Mi, Z., Yang, B., Kau, L., Bitew, M., & Li, T. (2015). Body posture recognition and turning recording system for the care of bed bound patients. Technology and Health Care., 24 Suppl 1, S307-S312.

Behrendt, R., Ghaznavi, A., Mahan, M., Craft, S., & Siddiqui, A. (n.d.). Continuous bedside pressure mapping and rates of hospital-associated pressure ulcers in a medical intensive care unit. American Journal of Critical Care., 23(2), 127-133.

Ostadabbas, S., Yousefi, R., Nourani, M., Faezipour, M., Tamil, L., & Pompeo, M. (2012). A resource-efficient planning for pressure ulcer prevention. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine : A Publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society., 16(6), 1265-1273.

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