Publications by authors named "Henrique Pickler da Silva"
Nurs Crit Care
January 2024
Article Synopsis
- Pressure injuries (PIs) are a significant issue in healthcare, particularly in ICUs, where they can severely affect patient quality of life and increase care costs despite being largely preventable.
- The study aimed to create a simplified version of the Braden scale by removing two subjective subscores (Nutrition and Sensory Perception) to improve accuracy in risk assessment for nursing teams.
- The results indicated that both the original and simplified Braden scales effectively differentiate between patients with and without PIs, with minimal impact on classification performance, thereby facilitating more efficient and objective risk classification in clinical practice.
