The Effect of Support Surfaces on the Incidence of Pressure Injuries in Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Wesley Henrique Bueno de CamargoRita de Cassia PereiraMarcos T TanitaLidiane HekoIsadora C GrionJosiane FesttiAna Luiza MezzarobaCíntia Magalhães Carvalho Grion

Published in: Critical care research and practice (2018)

Viscoelastic support surfaces reduced the incidence of pressure injuries in moderate or higher risk critically ill patients when compared to pyramidal support surfaces.

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