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. 1982 May 8;284(6326):1370-1.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6326.1370.

Prevention of pressure sores by identifying patients at risk

K E Andersen, O Jensen, S A Kvorning, E Bach

Prevention of pressure sores by identifying patients at risk

K E Andersen et al. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). .

Abstract

The risk of pressure sores developing in patients admitted with acute conditions was assessed by a simple risk score system based on age, reduced mobility, incontinence, pronounced emaciation, redness over bony prominences, unconsciousness, dehydration, and paralysis in a prospective clinical study. During seven months in 1977, 600 of 3571 patients were classified as at risk. Of these 35 (5.8%) developed sores compared with five (0.2%) of those not at risk. The results of this study compared with those over the same period in 1976 show that close observation of at-risk patients and early detection of pressure sores prevents their development.

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