Why: Pressure ulcers are serious problems that occur frequently in hospitalized, community-dwelling and nursing home older adults, accounting for 3-11% in acute facilities, and 24% in long-term ...

A newly developed alternative pressure ulcer risk assessment tool may reduce nurse workload duplication compared to the more widely used Braden Scale, Canadian researchers have found. The study ...

Move over, Braden? Mathematical models built on readily available electronic health record data predicted the development of pressure wounds better than the ubiquitous Braden scale tool in a large ...

Braden scale, an assessment which is performed for all hospitalized patients as per Medicare and Medicaid requirements can predict the surgery outcomes of a liver transplant patient. A multicenter ...

Pressure ulcers are a common secondary condition that occur post-spinal cord injury (SCI). These ulcers come at tremendous personal and societal cost. There are a number of scales that can be used to ...