Bedside prediction of the progress of pressure ulcer healing in patients with spinal cord injury using the 'Decu-stick'

Spinal Cord
F W A Van Asbeck, M W M Post

Abstract

This is a prospective cohort study. The objective of this study was to predict the progress of healing of pressure ulcers (PUs) in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients after the first 4 weeks. The study was conducted in a specialized SCI rehabilitation unit in The Netherlands. Weekly measurements of length, width and depth/undermining of grades II-IV PUs under sacrum or ischial tuberosity in SCI patients with the 'Decu-stick' were taken. The speed of reduction of the greatest dimension in the first 4 weeks of the granulation-epithelization (G-E) phase was compared with the speed of reduction of this dimension after week 4 until the end of observation. Fifty-one PUs in 45 patients were measured. During the first 4 weeks of the G-E phase, the greatest dimension of 23/51 PUs reduced with a speed of ⩾0.5 cm per week. In 22 of these 23 PUs, this speed remained ⩾0.5 from week 4 until the end of observation (weeks 5-22). Closure: 21 patients (pts); operation: 2 pts. Of 28/51 PUs, this dimension reduced with <0.5 cm per week. In 27/28 PUs, this speed remained <0.5 from week 4 until the end of observation (weeks 9-37). Closure: 6 pts; operation: 16 pts; discharge with open ulcer: 6 pts. Measurement of PUs in SCI patients with the 'Decu-sti...Continue Reading

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May 29, 2016·Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation·K Anne SinnottMarcel W Post
Oct 26, 2016·Progress in Rehabilitation Medicine·Yoshiyuki YoshikawaHisato Shuntoh

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