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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"decubitus"”.
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Influence of Preventive Intervention of Decubitus for Old Patients in Intensive Care Unit On Skin pH,Moisture Content and Occurrence of Decubitus
본 연구는 중환자실 노인환자를 위한 욕창예방 중재가 피부 pH, 수분량 및 욕창발생에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위한 비 동등성 대조군 전후 설계를 이용한 유사 실험연구이다. 연구대상은 경기도 소재 C 대학병원의 중환자실에 입원한 65세 이상 노인으로 선정 기준에 합당한 40명을 연구대상으로 편의 추출하였다. 재원 기간 중 퇴원의 이유로 대조군 1명, 실험군 2명이 중도 탈락하여 37명만을 최종 분석 대상으로 하였다. 자료수집기간은 2011년 7월 27일부터 8월 29일까지이며 사전조사 후 대조군은 기존의 피부간호를 시행하고 실험군은 …
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The Effect Of Body Position On Cerebral Bllod Flow, Cognition, Cardiac Output, Map,and Motor Function In Patients Undergoing Shoulder Surgery : Lateral Versus Beach Chair Position Under General Anesthesia
… general anesthesia in the sitting and lateral decubitus position to evaluate their effectiveness in alerting the anesthesia provider to decreases in cerebral perfusion and improving patient outcomes. Secondly, with the concomitant use of these two devices, we may be better able to understand …
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Epidemiology of Hospital Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in A Veterans Affairs Medical Center Spinal Cord Injury Unit: Fiscal Years 2008-2011
… ASIA score A (OR: 4.5), amputee (OR: 3.5), decubitus ulcer (OR: 7.1), length of hospital stay > 30 days (OR: 17.1) and a hand hygiene compliance</p>
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No Pressure!: Designing Mobile Interventions to Improve Pressure Relief Adherence for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury through Diary Studies
Pressure injuries, otherwise known as decubitus ulcers or ‘bedsores’, affect an estimated 1 to 3 million people in the United States each year (Mondragon and Zito). Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) are a particularly vulnerable group to pressure injuries due to the reduced mobility of …
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Pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention system design.
Pressure ulcer (PU, bedsore, ischemia, decubitus ulcer) has become a global healthcare problem. In United Kingdom 412,000 people develop pressure ulcer annually and it costs the National Health Service (NHS) £1.4-£2.1 billion pounds (4% of total NHS budget). Pressure ulcers are a combined result of …
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A Study to Demonstrate the Immediate Destination of an Embolus Formed in the Lumen of a Peripheral Venous Catheter
… superior lung with the rabbit lying in a lateral decubitus position, Comparison of relationship between scan interpretation and counts per minute/milligram or percent values showed 78.99 percent agreement, indicating that the experimental procedure was reasonably reliable</p> <p>Conclusions drawn …
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Normal and Abnormal Findings from Exercise Stress ECG, Post-Exercise Echocardiography and Angiography Studies in a Series of Hypertensive and Normotensive Individuals
… recorded with the subject in the left lateral decubitus position, and parasternal long- and short-axis apical two and four chamber views were recorded for qualitative determination of wall motion abnormalities. Eleven of the 37 subjects also underwent angiography. Chi-square analysis …
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Comparative Effectiveness of Analgesic Sedation as Primary Sedation in Medical ICU Patients vs. Conventional Sedation and Analgesia Regimens
… prolonged mechanical ventilation, development of decubitus skin ulcers, hospital-acquired infections, PTSD, delirium, prolonged ICU and hospital length of stay (LOS), and an increase in overall hospital costs. The aims of this study were to see if the use of analgosedation (fentanyl alone) would …
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Exploring preventive interventions and risk factors of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers: A retrospective matched case-control design.
Previous literature showed weak and sometimes contradictory evidence regarding the best interventions to prevent pressure ulcers and the best factors that can serve as predictors for ulceration. The aim of this study was to explore effective interventions and associated risk factors in the area of …
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Toward the Optimal Waveform for Electrical Stimulation
<p>Electrical stimulation (ES) is used to strengthen muscle, improve abnormal tone, and improve the healing rate of pressure sores. Four male and three female research subjects received four minute bouts of electrically stimulated isometric contractions equal to 10% of the maximal voluntary …