Air Mattresses for Preventing Pressure Ulcers

Alternating pressure air mattresses as prevention for pressure ulcers: a literature review.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this paper is to examine and synthesise the literature on alternating pressure air mattresses (APAMs) as a preventive measure for pressure ulcers. DESIGN Literature review. DATA SOURCES PubMed, Cinahl, Central, Embase, and Medline databases were searched to identify original and relevant articles. Additional publications were retrieved from the references cited in ...

Review: Foam-based, constant low-pressure mattresses are better than standard hospital mattresses for reducing pressure ulcers.

Practice recommendations for preventing heel pressure ulcers.

Heels are the second most common anatomical location for pressure ulcers. A combination of risk factors, including pressure, may cause ulceration. Heel pressure ulcers are a particular concern for surgical patients. A review of the literature, including poster presentations, shows that controlled clinical studies to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of available interventions are ...

Preventing pressure ulcers: a systematic review.

CONTEXT Pressure ulcers are common in a variety of patient settings and are associated with adverse health outcomes and high treatment costs. OBJECTIVE To systematically review the evidence examining interventions to prevent pressure ulcers. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SELECTION MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CINAHL (from inception through June 2006) and Cochrane databases (through issue 1, 2006) were sea...

Preventing pressure ulcers: new lessons from Minnesota.

pressure ulcers during long surgical procedures. Data collected through the state’s adverse event reporting system in 2009 found 13% of the 122 Stage 3, Stage 4, and unstageable pressure ulcers reported were related to long surgical procedures. Attention to this potentially devastating complication has ramped up since Medicare announced it will no longer pay for Stage 3 and Stage 4 pressure ulc...