Background: Prevention strategies for pressure ulcer formation remain critical in patients with an advanced illness. We analyzed factors associated with the development of pressure ulcers in patients hospitalized in a palliative care ward setting.
Patients And Methods: This study was a retrospective analysis of 329 consecutive patients with a mean age (± standard deviation) of 70.4±11.8 years (range: 30-96 years, median 70.0 years; 55.3% women), who were admitted to the Palliative Care Department between July 2012 and May 2014.
Results: Patients were hospitalized for mean of 24.8±31.4 days (1-310 days, median 14 days). A total of 256 patients (77.8%) died in the ward and 73 patients (22.2%) were discharged. Two hundred and six patients (62.6%) did not develop pressure ulcers during their stay in the ward, 84 patients (25.5%) were admitted with pressure ulcers, and 39 patients (11.9%) developed pressure ulcers in the ward. Four factors assessed at admission appear to predict the development of pressure ulcers in the multivariate logistic regression model: Waterlow score (odds ratio [OR] =1.140, 95% confidence interval [CI] =1.057-1.229, =0.001), transfer from other hospital wards (OR =2.938, 95% CI =1.339-6.448, =0.007), hemoglobin level (OR =0.814, 95% CI =0.693-0.956, =0.012), and systolic blood pressure (OR =0.976, 95% CI =0.955-0.997, =0.023). Five other factors assessed during hospitalization appear to be associated with pressure ulcer development: mean evening body temperature (OR =3.830, 95% CI =1.729-8.486, =0.001), mean Waterlow score (OR =1.194, 95% CI =1.092-1.306, <0.001), the lowest recorded sodium concentration (OR =0.880, 95% CI =0.814-0.951, =0.001), mean systolic blood pressure (OR =0.956, 95% CI =0.929-0.984, =0.003), and the lowest recorded hemoglobin level (OR =0.803, 95% CI =0.672-0.960, =0.016).
Conclusion: Hyponatremia and low blood pressure may contribute to the formation of pressure ulcers in patients with an advanced illness.
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