background: the purpose of this study was to present a scientific reason for pressure ulcer risk scales: cubbin& jackson modified braden, norton, and waterlow, as a nursing diagnosis tool by utilizing predictive validity of pressure sores. methods: articles published between 1966 and 2013 from periodicals indexed in the ovid medline, embase, cinahl, koreamed, ndsl, and other databases were sele...

Aim: The aim of the review was to determine the predictive validity of selected pressure ulcer risk assessment scales. Prediction of a risk of pressure ulcers is a priority issue in nursing. In the foreign literature, there are currently lots of research studies dealing with the validity of pressure ulcer risk assessment scales. Methods: The data sources were articles in three licenced, free an...

A systematic review with meta-analysis was completed to determine the capacity of risk assessment scales and nurses' clinical judgment to predict pressure ulcer (PU) development. Electronic databases were searched for prospective studies on the validity and predictive capacity of PUs risk assessment scales published between 1962 and 2010 in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, German, and Gree...

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Total body protein turnover Total body protein turnover is a collective property of the whole organism, in that it is comprised of the sum of the turnover rates of all the individual tissue proteins. Because of this, it has been likened to the basal metabolic rate by Waterlow (1969) who has reviewed the methodology of total turnover in the whole animal. An estimate of total body protein turnove...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of dementia on longer term survival after hospital admission, and to assess whether dementia is an independent predictor of mortality. This information is vital for the provision of appropriate care. METHODS A prospective cohort study, in a large urban acute general hospital, of 616 people (70 years and older) with unplanned medical admission. The principal exp...

BACKGROUND Pressure ulcers increase hospital stays and treatment costs due to their complications. Therefore, recognizing factors that contribute to pressure ulcer risk are important to patient safety. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between the scores of the Waterlow, Braden, and Norton scales and clinical and social characteristics in critically ill patients. METHOD A cross-sectiona...