OBJECTIVES The purposes of this study were to examine the predictive validity of the Cubbin and Jackson pressure ulcer risk assessment scale for the development of pressure ulcers in intensive care unit (ICU) patients retrospectively and to evaluate the reusability of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) data. METHODS A retrospective design was used to examine 829 cases admitted to four ICUs in a...

The Braden Q Scale for Predicting Pediatric Pressure Ulcer Risk (Braden Q Scale) is a widely used, valid, and reliable pediatric-specific pressure ulcer risk assessment tool. Since its original publication, requests for clarification on how best to use the tool across the wide spectrum of pediatric patients commonly cared for in health care systems have been received. Common clarifications focu...

BACKGROUND Various scales have been devised to predict development of pressure ulcers on the basis of clinical and laboratory data, such as the Braden Scale (Braden score), which is used to monitor activity and skin conditions of bedridden patients. However, none of these scales facilitates clinically reliable prediction. AIMS To develop a clinical laboratory data-based predictive equation fo...

The Braden scale is one of the most intensively studied risk assessment scales used in identifying the risk of developing pressure sores. However, not all studies show that the sensitivity and specificity of this scale is sufficient. This study, therefore, investigated whether adding new risk factors can enhance the sensitivity and specificity of the Braden scale. The Braden scale was tested in...

Before the implementation of the Braden Scale, an institutional study was conducted to determine the cut-off point at which patients would be at risk for developing a pressure ulcer. Nurses' perception of patient risk for pressure ulcer development also was compared with the Braden Scale. One hundred and three subjects hospitalized for a minimum of 7 days and randomly selected from routine hosp...

This methodological study aimed to evaluate the predictive validity of the Braden scale in critical care patients. The study was conducted in four intensive care units of a general private hospital. After approval of the project by the Hospital Ethics Committee, during six months, adult patients admitted to ICUs with a Braden score <18 and without PU were assessed upon admission and at 48-hours...

Our goal in this study is to find risk factors associated with Pressure Ulcers (PUs) and to develop predictive models of PU incidence. We focus on Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients since patients admitted to ICU have shown higher incidence of PUs. The most common PU incidence assessment tool is the Braden scale, which sums up six subscale features. In an ICU setting it's known drawbacks includ...

Pressure ulcers are serious problems that occur frequently in acute and long term facilities. Once they occur, pressure ulcers may lead to sepsis and death. A key to prevention is early detection of at-risk patients with a valid and reliable pressure ulcer risk assessment instrument. The Braden scale is one of the most intensively used tools designed to facilitate that assessment. The Braden sc...

Just as an art ist signs his works, it has been sug gested that God has signed His work of Cre ation by en coding within the DNA of all liv ing things His name ac cording to the an cient He brew and Arabic al pha bets. A star tling dis cov ery if true. Af ter a 12-year study, New York Times best sell ing au thor Gregg Braden claims to have discov ered just such a sig na ture—what he calls “the ...

PURPOSE We compared pressure ulcer (PU) prevalence patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or more, and Braden Scale scores of 16 or more to patients with lower BMI. METHODS A cross-sectional study by using existing data was conducted combining patient skin status with BMI. Subjects underwent skin assessment for evidence of skin breakdown by nurses trained in PU assessment. Data from this...