Pressure Ulcer

Case Series

Rotation Flap Closure of Pressure Injuries Following Negative Pressure Wound Therapy With Instillation for Wound Cleansing

05/24/2023

Michael Desvigne

Krista Montgomery

Kurt Holifield

Kari Day

Denise Gilmore

Ashley L. Wardman

The authors report 5 cases of patients with pressure injuries who underwent negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time to clean the wound and allow for primary closure with rotation flaps.

The authors report 5 cases of...

05/24/2023

Wounds

Original Research

Risk Factors for Pressure Injury Development in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury Beyond Index Hospitalization: An Analysis of Violent Mechanism of Injury and Socioeconomic Disparity

04/14/2023

Aishu Ramamurthi

Hunter S. Cameron

Christina Megal

Marc de Moya

Jacob Peschman

In a retrospective analysis of 448 patients, a violent mechanism of spinal cord injury was found to be a significant predictor of the development of one or more pressure injuries.

In a retrospective analysis of...

04/14/2023

Wounds

Brief Communication

The Effect of COVID-19 on the Pressure Injury Reporting Gap

08/29/2022

Daniel C. Sasson

Seema M. Patel

Kaiti Duan

Corinne Signore

Henry C. Hsia

A look at the change in reported hospital-acquired pressure injuries prepandemic and during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic at Yale New Haven Health.

A look at the change in reported...

08/29/2022

Wounds

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Original Research

Electrical Shunting Prevents the Decline of Galvanotaxis After Monophasic Pulsed Microcurrent Stimulation in Human Dermal Fibroblasts

07/12/2022

Mikiko Uemura, PhD, PT¹; Masaharu Sugimoto, MS, PT²; Yoshiyuki Yoshikawa, PhD, PT³; Rieko Inoue, MS, PT⁴

Mikiko Uemura, PhD, PT1; Masaharu Sug...

This study examined the effect of electrical shunting on HDFs migration after ES and suggests that it is important to remove electricity after ES to prevent the generation of reverse currents when ES is applied to promote migration of HDFs.

This study examined the effect...

07/12/2022

ePlasty

Original Research

Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of the Munro Scale in Italian

02/01/2022

Renato Bruno, MSN, APN, RN

Diego Bertolino, BSc

Elio Garbarino, MD

Cassendra A. Munro, PhD, RN, CNOR, RNFA

Michela Barisone, PhD, MSN, RN

Alberto Dal Molin, PhD, MSN, RN

The authors translated the Munro scale into Italian and assessed its cross-cultural content and face validity.

The authors translated the Munro...

02/01/2022

Wound Management & Prevention

Case Series

Augmented Flap Reconstruction of Complex Pressure Ulcers Using Synthetic Hybrid-Scale Fiber Matrix

12/20/2021

Mary Vallery

Thomas Shannon

The primary objective of the present study was to examine use of the synthetic hybrid-scale fiber matrix as a means of encouraging granulation tissue within complex wounds to promote successful and lasting wound closure following flap...

The primary objective of the...

12/20/2021

Wounds

Original Research

Effect of Flap Selection on the Postoperative Success of Sacral Pressure Injuries: A Retrospective Analysis

09/17/2021

Serhat Şibar

Kemal Findikcioglu

Kirdar Guney

Serhan Tuncer

Suhan Ayhan

This study aimed to evaluate whether flap selection influences postoperative results in sacral PI reconstruction.

This study aimed to evaluate...

09/17/2021

Wounds

Empirical Studies

Trends in Pressure Injury Development in Patients With Lower Motor Neuron and Upper Motor Neuron Lesions: A Retrospective Descriptive Study

07/01/2021

Quyen Nguyen Catania, PT, DPT, CWS, CLT

Marjorie Morgan, PTA, CLT, BS

Rebecca Martin, OTD, OTR/L

The results of this study confirm that patients with spinal cord injury have a high rate of pressure injury development. The percentage of pressure injuries was significantly higher in the lower than in the upper motor neuron group.

The results of this study...

07/01/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Empirical Studies

Assessment of Pressure Injuries Following Surgery: A Descriptive Study

06/04/2021

Emel Yılmaz, PhD

Arzu Aslan Başlı, RN, PhD

To determine the rate of intraoperative pressure injuries and evaluate risk factors in surgical patients, a descriptive study was conducted among patients older than 18 years of age undergoing a nonemergent (planned) surgical procedure...

To determine the rate of...

06/04/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Empirical Research

An Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Decrease Sacral Hospital-acquired Pressure Injuries: A Retrospective Cohort Study

05/01/2021

Shelby Isaacs, BS

Tamir Pinhasov, BA

Alisha Oropallo, MD

Mary Brennan, RN

Amit Rao, MD

Gregg Landis, MD

Marie Agrell-Kann, RN

Timmy Li, PhD

This retrospective study assesses the changes in the yearly incidence of sacral HAPIs before and after implementation of a 3-pronged interdisciplinary intervention to reduce HAPI incidence.

This retrospective study...

05/01/2021

Wound Management & Prevention