Association between pressure injury prediction and biochemical markers

• Autor(a) principal: Fernandes, Luciana Magnani
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Silva, Letícia da, Oliveira, João Lucas Campos de, Souza, Verusca Soares de, Nicola, Anair Lazzari
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Rev Rene (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4940
• topic: Pressure Ulcer; Biomarkers; Patient Safety; Nutrition Assessment; Nursing Care.

Objective: to verify the association of pressure injury prediction with albumin, hematocrit and hemoglobin levels. Methods: documentary study, developed in an Intensive Care Unit for Adults with records of eligible patients (n=255). Sociodemographic and clinical characterizations lesion, development of pressure injury and region; a score of the Braden scale and results of biochemical markers were extracted. There was a descriptive and inferential statistical analysis, adopting a significance level of 5.0%. Results: there was a prevalence of males (64.7%) and surgical patients (69.8%). There was no significant association between hematocrit and hemoglobin markers with the pressure injury prediction, unlike albumin levels (p=0.023).Conclusion: there is an injury pressure prediction association in the albumin. The protein intake of the patient should be seen in greater detail by the health team.