Clostridium cadaveris bacteremia is extremely rare; the few cases reported in the literature have occurred in immunocompromised patients. We describe a case of C. cadaveris bacteremia in an immunocompetent host with necrotic decubitus. A 42-year-old nursing home patient with paraplegia, secondary to a gun shot injury, was admitted to the hospital on 8 March 1999 for fever and hypotension. He ha...

BACKGROUND The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) provide information on hospital risk-adjusted rates for potentially preventable adverse events. Although designed to work with routine administrative data, it is unknown whether the PSIs can accurately distinguish between complications and pre-existing conditions. The objective of this study is to ...

Introdução: O uso de adaptações para posicionamento no leito é pertinente diante do processo internação, dentre elas estão as superfícies suporte, que possuem objetivo aliviar e/ou redistribuir a pressão corpo. Objetivo: identificar e analisar evidências científicas acerca da eficácia das suporte na prevenção lesão por em pacientes hospitalizados. Método: Este estudo uma revisão sistemática qua...

Pressure ulcers are a major complication of spinal cord injury (SCI) and have a significant effect on general health and quality of life. The objectives of this retrospective chart review were to determine prevalence, duration, and severity of pressure ulcers in veterans with SCI and to identify predictors of (1) outcome in terms of healing without surgery, not healing, or referral for surgery;...

Pressure ulcers are serious health problems. Although a vast amount of literature addresses prevention and treatment strategies, conceptual difficulties persist regarding pressure ulcer definitions, classifications, and distinction from other tissue lesions. Based on a review of terminologies as well as current state of knowledge on pathophysiology and etiology, questions as to what pressure ul...

AIM This paper reports a systematic review conducted to determine the effectiveness of the use of risk assessment scales for pressure ulcer prevention in clinical practice, degree of validation of risk assessment scales, and effectiveness of risk assessment scales as indicators of risk of developing a pressure ulcer. BACKGROUND Pressure ulcers are an important health problem. The best strateg...