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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"pressure sore"”.
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Controlling the pressure : an investigation of knowledge, locus of control, and value of pressure sore prevention in relation to prevalence
… of how staff perceptions of locus of control of pressure sore prevention relate to knowledge and prevalence rates of pressure sores. Reference is made to value of pressure sore prevention. The survey population consisted of nursing and assistant nursing staff in both hospital and community …
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Contributions of posture and deformity to the body-seat interface conditions of a person with spinal cord injuries
… has been placed on studying the effects of pressure on the buttock tissues of individuals with spinal cord injury. It is evident that the prolonged application of pressures above certain threshold levels will initiate a pathological process in the tissues that can lead to necrosis and …
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An ethnographic study to understand the patient and nurse experience of rounding
… rounding to impact measures of reduced falls, pressure sore incidence and reduced use of call bells. Outcome measures fail to elicit an understanding of what rounding means from the perspective of the patient or the nurse, moreover applied research evidence in the UK was limited. This study was …
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The behaviour of liquid movement in three dimensional weft knitted spacer fabrics
With an ageing population, the incidence of pressure sores and incontinence is becoming an increasing burden on the healthcare sector and requires new forms of intervention. Usually two separate types of intervention are employed, a pressure mattress and a disposable bed pad. Sustainability issues …
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The investigation of early classification of pressure ulcers using computer image analysis for early prognostic assessment
Pressure sore prevention is becoming a very important issue due to the cost of nursing time, quality assurance and possible litigation. Recent government reports Essence of Care (2001) and National Institute for Clinical Excellence Pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention (2001) focus on …
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The Association of Nutritional Intake and Functional Ability Among Long-Term Care Residents
… the Minimum Data Set. The Norton At-Risk for Pressure Sores Scale was also used to determine the subject's general functional ability.<br> The intake of a few of the subjects fell below the seventy-five percentile of the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) for the common nutrients of calories, …
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Prevention of pressure sores in hospital and community with special reference to the time spent for care
… of time which was spent in giving preventive pressure area care in both a sample of hospital patients and a sample of community patients. A pilot study was carried out to test the methodology, which was subsequently used with only minor modifications, for the main study. Bedfast or chairfast …
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Digital photoelasticity in biomedical sensing.
… ulceration in diabetic patients is excessive pressure at the sole of the foot, which involves vertical as well as shear forces. Precise role of these forces in predisposing the foot to ulceration is not very well understood, however, a general consensus is that the combined effect of vertical …
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The Design, Development, and Validation of a Residual Limb Evaluation System for the Real-Time Data Mapping of the Trans-Tibial Amputee Socket-Limb Interface for Prosthetic Fitment
… prosthetic fitting procedure that analyse the pressures and temperatures on the RL, as well as the gait phases of stance. This observation established the hypothesis that a tactile RL evaluation device and recording software system can provide reliable socket-limb interface (SLI) information …
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Independence through Patient Education in a Spinal Cord Injury Population
… into hospitals for preventable causes such as pressure ulcers, respiratory infections, and bowel/bladder infections. These complications can be avoided through patient education. A needs assessment was conducted at the SCI unit at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital in Allentown, PA. This …