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Objetivo: Conocer la incidencia de las úlceras por presión (UPP) en unaUnidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI), antes y después de la mejora deun protocolo de prevención. Método: Estudio descriptivo comparativoen el que se analizan las tasas de incidencia de UPP postingreso realizadasde manera sistemática a todo paciente ingresado en dos períodos detiempo: 2000-2001 y 2002-2005. Conclusiones: La incidencia de UPPha sido significativamente mayor en el segundo período. Las mejoras introducidasen el protocolo de prevención no han producido una disminuciónde la incidencia de UPP. Es fundamental conocer el grado decumplimiento del registro y del protocolo para poder introducir aspectosde mejora(AU)
Objective: To know the pressure ulcers (PU) incidence in an intensive careUnit (ICU), before and after the improvement of a prevention protocol.Method: Descriptive and comparative study wich includes the totality of patientswho developed PU post-admission in two study periods: 2000-2001and 2002-2005. Conclusions: The UP incidence rate was significantly higherin the second study phase. The improvements in the prevention protocol didnot show a decrease of the UP incidence rate. It is essential to know the registrationand the protocol were carried out in order to introduce aspects of improvement(AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Aged , Pressure Ulcer/epidemiology , Disease Prevention , Critical Care/methods , Pressure Ulcer/prevention & control , Evaluation of Results of Preventive Actions/methods , Clinical Protocols , Intensive Care Units/statistics & numerical dataABSTRACT
Considering the present coexistence in our unit of different criteria that guide the rules and visits timetable of the relatives, the objective of this study is to know the opinion of all the implied people in the clinic relation (sanitary staff, patients and relatives), about the rules of the visit in our Coronary Unit to compare, discuss and bring the protocol unit up to date. This is an observational and transversal study in which 40 sanitary staff, 56 patients and 53 relatives have been surveyed. The study was developed in 2002, and a survey made by us was used to collect the next parameters: number and length of the visits, profits and troubles when the visit timetable is more flexible; opinion about the waiting room; and the convenience or not of using the mobile phone for the patient. For doing the statistical analysis it has been calculated the distribution of the frequencies of the results, and the Chi2 test. In general, the sanitary staff is who has a more positive attitude for visiting, being nurses particularly the most flexible, considering the patients'condition. Relatives and patients have the same opinion more or less but they aren't so flexible.
