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How patient migration in bed affects the sacral soft tissue loading and thereby the risk for a hospital‐acquired pressure injury

Head‐of‐bed (HOB) elevation is a common clinical practice in hospitals causing the patient's body to slide down in bed because of gravity. This migration effect likely results in tissue shearing between the sacrum and the support surface, which increases the risk for pressure injuries. StayInPl...

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Autores principales: Lustig, Maayan, Wiggermann, Neal, Gefen, Amit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7217162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32048476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13316