Predictors of one year pressure injury outcomes in hospitalized spinal cord injured veterans with one stage 3 or 4 pressure injury.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate predictors of pressure injury (PrI) outcomes at one year after discharge for Veterans with spinal cord injury (SCI) hospitalized with a Stage 3 or 4 PrI.

Design/setting/participants: This is a retrospective medical record review from one VA Health Care System SCI unit. Participants were Veterans with traumatic or non-traumatic SCI admitted with one Stage 3 or 4 pelvic PrI treated medically (e.

Healthcare utilization and outcomes of spinal cord injured veterans with stage 3-4 pressure injuries.

Background: Pressure injuries (PI) are a significant source of morbidity for individuals with spinal cord injury/disease (SCI/D). They are also associated with significant healthcare resource utilization including prolonged hospitalizations. However, the long-term outcomes in terms of wound recurrence-free survival, hospital readmission rates, and all-cause mortality in this population remain largely unknown.

Ambient dose during intraoral radiography with current techniques: part 3: effect of tube voltage.

Objectives: This study was conducted to assess the impact of tube voltage on ambient dose during intraoral radiography, specifically remnant-beam transmission and scattered radiation.

Methods And Materials: Remnant-beam and scattered radiation doses were recorded using a phantom at tube voltages of 60, 63, 66 and 70 kV. Mathematical equations depicting their relations were then formulated, and reference values were calculated at the various voltages tested.

RTC simulations on large branched sewer systems with SmaRTControl.

In The Netherlands many large branched sewer systems exist. RTC can improve the performance of these systems. The objective of the universal algorithm of SmaRTControl is to improve the performance of the sewer system and the WWTP.