Predictors of COVID-19 disease severity augment the Braden scale in the prediction of pressure ulcer development among COVID-19-positive intensive care unit patients: A case-control study

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Dermatology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: brett.mclarney@temple.edu.
² Department of General Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Dermatology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Department of Clinical Sciences, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Brett D McLarney et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 Sep.

. 2022 Sep;87(3):711-714.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.01.021. Epub 2022 Feb 25.

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Dermatology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: brett.mclarney@temple.edu.
² Department of General Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Dermatology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Department of Clinical Sciences, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Keywords: BMI; Braden scale; COVID-19; D-dimer; fibrinogen; predictive model; pressure ulcer; risk factors.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest None disclosed.

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