Advances in skin & wound care
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Adv Skin Wound Care · Oct 2015
The Relationship Between Length of Surgery and the Incidence of Pressure Ulcers in Cardiovascular Surgical Patients: A Retrospective Study.
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the length of surgery and the incidence of pressure ulcers (PrUs) in cardiovascular surgical patients. ⋯ The authors' retrospective analysis showed the length of surgery was an important risk factor for PrUs in cardiovascular surgical patients, but not the length of cardiopulmonary bypass. The incidence of SRPUs increased gradually with the extension of length of surgery.