Pressure Ulcer in Trauma Patients: A Higher Spinal Cord Injury Level Leads to Higher Risk

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Areg Grigorian, MD,^∗ Megumi Sugimoto, BS, Victor Joe, MD, Sebastian Schubl, MD, Michael Lekawa, MD, Matthew Dolich, MD, Eric Kuncir, MD, Cristobal Barrios, Jr., MD, and Jeffry Nahmias, MD, MHPE

Abstract

“In a systematic review, the level of spinal cord injury (SCI) was not associated with risk for pressure ulcer (PU). We hypothesized that in the acute trauma population, upper-SCI (cervical/thoracic) has greater risk for PU when compared to lower-SCI (lumbar/sacral). We additionally sought to identify risk factors for development of PUs in trauma.

Contrary to previous reports, a higher SCI level is associated with a three-fold greater risk for PU compared to lower SCI.”

For Full Text in the archived Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6304286/

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