Effect of a Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury (HAPI) Risk Score on HAPI Rates in Patients With Vascular Diseases.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess whether a validated hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI) risk scale and best practice interventions were associated with lower HAPI rates compared with previous care. We also sought to identify a cut score of HAPI risk when using the instrument.

Design: Nonequivalent 2-group pre- and postintervention comparative study.

Validation of a Model for Predicting Pressure Injury Risk in Patients With Vascular Diseases.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to validate a 10-factor model of risk factors for hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI) risk in patients with vascular disease.

Subjects And Setting: Medical reviews identified 800 patients from a 1063 admissions to a 1400 bed quarternary care hospital in the midwestern United States.

Design: Retrospective review of medical records.

Predictors of pressure ulcer development in patients with vascular disease.

Background: Although pressure ulcer (PU) risk factors are well known in the general population, little research is available in hospitalized surgical patients admitted with vascular diseases.

Methods: Using a retrospective medical records review, characteristics of hospitalized surgical patients with vascular diseases were assessed. Variables were based on literature review of PUs and availability of medical records and administrative data.