OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT OF PRESSURE SORE RISK

随着医疗保健技术的复杂性和精确性的提高，重病和受伤患者的存活率也有所提高。 压疮（PU）的风险是这一人群中的一个重要护理问题。 聚氨酯处理的国家总成本估计超过13.35亿美元。正确的护理评估、护理诊断、及时的护理干预是识别和缓解压力的关键。 在压力可以释放的情况下，PU通常可以预防。 目前的护理风险评估工具包括主观风险量表，尚未被证明是可靠的跨人群。 我的长期研究目标是开发一种在人群中可靠有效的PU风险的客观衡量标准。 这项实验研究将测试两种有前途的非侵入性措施的精度和准确性，经皮血氧饱和度和皮肤表面温度，以确定两组对比的住院成人PU风险：那些谁作出重大或微妙的运动和那些谁不动。通过将受试者置于床上仰卧位2小时，完成压力诱导的短暂循环障碍。 将收集的数据输入计算机，并使用SPSS for Windows（9.0版）进行分析

As health care technology increases in complexity and precision, survival rates among seriously ill and injured patients have increased. Frisk for pressure ulcers (PUs) is a significant nursing problem in this population. The total national cost of PU treatment has been estimated to exceed 1.335 billion dollars. Accurate nursing assessment, nursing diagnosis, and prompt nursing intervention are required for recognition and relief of pressure. In situations where pressure can be relieved, PUs can often be prevented. Current nursing risk assessment tools consist of subjective risk scales that have not been shown to be reliable across populations. My long-term research goal is to develop an objective measure of PU risk that is reliable and valid across populations. This experimental study will test the precision and accuracy of two promising noninvasive measures, transcutaneous oximetry and skin surface temperature, to identify PU risk in two contrasted groups of hospitalized adults: those who make gross or subtle movements and those who do not move. Pressure-induced, transitory circulatory impairment will be accomplished by placing the subject in the supine position in bed for 2 hours. Collected data will be entered into a computer and analyzed using SPSS for Windows (version 9.0)