Prevalence of pressure ulcers in hospitalized adult patients in Bursa, Turkey: A multicentre, point prevalence study.
Halil Erkan SayanNermin Kelebek GirginAli AsanPublished in: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice (2020)
The prevalence of PU is related to the age and severity of patient clinical status, as predicted by the Braden Scale score and APACHE II score, and length of hospital and ICU stay. Low albumin level is also related to development of PUs in ICU patients.
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