Category I pressure ulcers : how reliable is clinical assessment?

• finger-press tests and visual observation alone were not reliable methods to discriminate between blanching and nonblanching erythema. Forty-seven percent of the patients had a risk score 20 or fewer (high risk for pressure ulcers). Forty-four patients (56%) had pressure ulcers at discharge.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)

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Pressure ulcers

Assessment

Hip fractures

Caring sciences

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