WoundRounds now allows wound care clinicians to use a built-in tool for scheduling Braden Risk Assessments as part of efforts to prevent pressure ulcers. The Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore ...

Why: Pressure ulcers are serious problems that occur frequently in hospitalized, community-dwelling and nursing home older adults, accounting for 3-11% in acute facilities, and 24% in long-term ...

A new study using electronic medical records finds that a scale used for the past 30 years to predict the development of deadly and debilitating pressure ulcers isn’t useful for the patients at ...

The Braden Scale may not be a valid tool for predicting pressure wounds when used in long-term care settings, according to Chinese researchers who conducted a meta-analysis. The review looked at eight ...

Often, the Braden Q Scale is used to help identify pediatric patients at risk for developing these pressure-related skin injuries. Until recently, initial predictive validity testing of the Braden Q ...

Pressure ulcers are a common secondary condition that occur post-spinal cord injury (SCI). These ulcers come at tremendous personal and societal cost. There are a number of scales that can be used to ...

Chino Valley Medical Center is the first hospital to write a requirement for use of the Leaf Patient Monitoring System to prevent pressure ulcers into its patient safety protocols. The Pleasanton, ...

Patients critically ill with COVID-19 are at exceptionally high risk for developing healthcare-associated pressure injuries (HAPrIs), and nurses and other clinicians should be extra vigilant with ...