Research progress of medical-device related pressure injury
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2017.03.039
- VernacularTitle:医疗器具相关压力性损伤的研究进展
- Author:
Baojia LUO
1
;
Meichun ZHENG
;
Huiying QIN
Author Information
1. 中山大学肿瘤防治中心结直肠科
- Keywords:
Review;
Medical device;
Pressure injury
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2017;23(3):441-444
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Pressure injury (PI) is a common health problem in kinds of medical institutions. For years,with the strengthening of PI prevention consciousness,improvement of pressure-reducing device and the development of wound treatment,PI prevention,treatment and its management had been formulating to a scientific system. Nowadays,more and more medical devices were used in clinic. Medical staff came to realize that sustained pressure from a medical device may cause localized injury to the skin or underlying tissue. By reviewing literature home and abroad and clinical practice,the paper reviewed the definition,epidemiology, classification,risk factors,risk assessment and prevention of medical-device related PI,so as to provide a theoretical guide for clinical nurses.
