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National Guideline Clearinghouse | Risk assessment and prevention of pressure ulcers: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians.



American College of Physicians

Guideline Title

Risk assessment and prevention of pressure ulcers: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians.

Bibliographic Source(s)

Qaseem A, Mir TP, Starkey M, Denberg TD, Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians. Risk assessment and prevention of pressure ulcers: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2015 Mar 3;162(5):359-69. [120 references] PubMed

Guideline Status

This is the current release of the guideline.

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Risk assessment and prevention of pressure ulcers: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. - PubMed - NCBI

Ann Intern Med. 2015 Mar 3;162(5):359-69. doi: 10.7326/M14-1567.

Risk assessment and prevention of pressure ulcers: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians.

Qaseem A, Mir TP, Starkey M, Denberg TD; Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians.

Collaborators (13)

Abstract

DESCRIPTION:

The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline to present the evidence and provide clinical recommendations based on the comparative effectiveness of risk assessment scales and preventive interventions for pressure ulcers.

METHODS:

This guideline is based on published literature on this topic that was identified by using MEDLINE (1946 through February 2014), CINAHL (1998 through February 2014), the Cochrane Library, clinical trials registries, and reference lists. Searches were limited to English-language publications. The outcomes evaluated for this guideline include pressure ulcer incidence and severity, resource use, diagnostic accuracy, measures of risk, and harms. This guideline grades the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations by using ACP's clinical practice guidelines grading system. The target audience for this guideline includes all clinicians, and the target patient population is patients at risk for pressure ulcers.

RECOMMENDATION 1:

ACP recommends that clinicians should perform a risk assessment to identify patients who are at risk of developing pressure ulcers. (Grade: weak recommendation, low-quality evidence).

RECOMMENDATION 2:

ACP recommends that clinicians should choose advanced static mattresses or advanced static overlays in patients who are at an increased risk of developing pressure ulcers. (Grade: strong recommendation, moderate-quality evidence).

RECOMMENDATION 3:

ACP recommends against using alternating-air mattresses or alternating-air overlays in patients who are at an increased risk of developing pressure ulcers. (Grade: weak recommendation, moderate-quality evidence).

Summary for patients in

• Summaries for patients. Risk assessment and prevention of pressure ulcers. [Ann Intern Med. 2015]

PMID:

 

25732278

 

[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]