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KMID : 0361419970210010209
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Journal of Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
1997 Volume.21 No. 1 p.209 ~ p.215
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Clinical Utility of a Special Mattress in the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers
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박창일
김유철/신지철/서혜정/김용균
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Abstract
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We studied a group of spinal cord injured patients, using two different mattresses, to analyze statistically the pressure measured over sacral area and skin changes developed on the dorsal skin surface of patients for patients for specific
duration
of
time.
Local pressure measured sacral area and skin change score were lower on a Bazooka system than common hospital mattress. And the weight. BMI(Body Mass Index) and % IBW(Ideal Body Weight) of patients significantly correlated with the skin changes
developed on the dorsal skin surface after lying on common hospital mattress for 2 hours. But skin changes developed after lying on a Bazooka system for 8 hours didn't correlated with these variables. Therefore a Bazooka system may be effective
in
the
prevention of pressure ulcers for spinal cord injured patients.
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