Enhancing Braden pressure ulcer risk assessment in acutely ill adult veterans

This study sought to determine if a parsimonious pressure ulcer ( PU ) predictive model could be identified specific to acute care to enhance the current PU risk assessment tool ( B raden S cale) utilized within veteran facilities. Factors investigated include: diagnosis of gangrene, anemia, diabetes, malnutrition, osteomyelitis, pneumonia/pneumonitis, septicemia, candidiasis, bacterial skin infection, device/implant/graft complications, urinary...