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- Title
INCREASED PRESSURE SORE RISK HAS A WORSE DIAGNOSIS IN HOSPITALIZED STROKE PATIENTS.
- Authors
Beche, Patricia Leticia; Schott, Mairin; Marques, Clandio Timm; Mortari, Sérgio Roberto; Colpo, Elisângela
- Abstract
Objective: to associate pressure sore risk with the severity of hospitalized stroke patients. Method: transverse study with 64 hospitalized stroke patients. Sociodemographic data were obtained from the medical information form; anthropometrics, pressure sore risk (via Braden Scale) and plasma vitamin C were assessed. Results: sample predominantly elderly with ischemic stroke; 48.4% presented a high risk of pressure sore development. Patients with higher pressure sore risk had increased mortality (p<0.001) and greater leukocytosis (p=0.028) and lymphopenia (p<0.001) than those with lower pressure sore risk. Nonetheless, vitamin C levels did not differ with regard to the pressure sore risk. There were no significant differences in nutritional status as regards pressure sore risk. Conclusion: patients with high risk for developing pressure sore present leukocytosis, lymphopenia and increased mortality risk.
- Subjects
STROKE-related mortality; BIOMARKERS; RESEARCH; STROKE; PRESSURE ulcers; ANTHROPOMETRY; ISCHEMIC stroke; AGE distribution; VITAMIN C; SEVERITY of illness index; RISK assessment; LYMPHOPENIA; HOSPITAL care; STROKE patients; LEUCOCYTE disorders; NUTRITIONAL status; BEDSORE risk factors; DISEASE risk factors; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.rpcfo.v14.11623