Pressure Ulcer in Trauma Patients: A Higher Spinal Cord Injury Level Leads to Higher Risk

In a systematic review, the level of spinal cord injury (SCI) was not associated with risk for pressure ulcer (PU). We hypothesized that in the acute trauma population, upper-SCI (cervical/thoracic) has greater risk for PU when compared to lower-SCI (lumbar/sacral). We additionally sought to identify risk factors for development of PUs in trauma.

Source: Journal of the American College of Certified Wound Specialists - June 18, 2018 Category: Dermatology Authors: Areg Grigorian, Megumi Sugimoto, Victor Joe, Sebastian Schubl, Michael Lekawa, Matthew Dolich, Eric Kuncir, Cristobal Barrios, Jeffry Nahmias Source Type: research