Active clinical trials for "Crush Injuries"

Maintaining and improving skin health are major goals in acute and long-term care. Patients at the extremes of age, the critically ill, medically compromised and those with immobility are at risk for developing several skin disorders, with pressure ulcers (PUs) as one of the most common and mostly preventable ones. Prevalence figures of PUs vary between 6.4% and 31.4%. PUs are described as localised injuries to the skin and/or underlying tissue, usually over a bony prominence, as a result of pressure or pressure combined with shear. Prevention of PUs is internationally seen to be a key quality indicator of care. To prevent PUs, reducing both the amount and the duration of pressure and shear at the pressure points of the body is strongly recommended. One of the interventions to achieving this, is the use of pressure-reducing devices (mattresses, cushions, etc.). Studies that compare the (cost-) effectiveness of different pressure-reducing devices are needed. The primary aim of this study is to compare the (cost-) effectiveness of pressure ulcer prevention in high risk patients using static air support devices (Repose®) versus alternating-pressure devices. The second aim is to get insight in patients' experiences and perceptions of comfort using static air support devices and alternating-pressure devices. The third aim is to get insight in caretakers' perceptions of barriers and facilitators of the use of static air support devices and alternating-pressure devices and to reveal how these perceptions influence the readiness to use the products in clinical practice. This randomized controlled trial will be performed in ca. 25 nursing homes in a random sample of 306 residents who are at high risk of developing pressure ulcers. Residents will be included in the study for a period of 14 days. Skin assessment and risk factor registration will be done on a daily basis by the nurses. Reliability checks and time measurements will be completed by the researcher.

By saving life or delaying death, the length of stay of the patient in the intensive care unit is prolonged, and this leads to the emergence of other problems in addition to the disease in the patient. Pressure injuries are one of these problems. Although many internationally accepted pressure injury prevention guidelines are available, it is frequently reported that there is no significant reduction in pressure injury prevalence. It has been emphasized in the literature that nurses do not have enough knowledge about the prevention of pressure injury. "Blended Learning", in which technologies such as web-based, e-learning and m-learning are used together with face-to-face education, is an effective approach in realizing learning outcomes. This approach facilitates the achievement of the educational program's objectives by integrating the positive aspects of web-assisted learning and face-to-face learning. In the light of these explanations, it is aimed to examine the effect of pressure injury prevention training given with the blended learning approach on the care behaviors of intensive care nurses.

This study is aimed to examine the effect of different wound dressings on the prevention of pressure injury in the face area related to noninvasive mechanical ventilation mask. The study was completed out with 102 patients who were followed up in Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Hospital between October 2019 and August 2020 and met the inclusion criteria of the study. In the study, hydrocellular and hydrocolloid wound dressing was applied to the pressure areas under the mask of noninvasive mechanical ventilation in the intervention groups, while the routine treatment process was followed in the control group. Wound dressings were obtained from HARTMANN. Study data were collected with the "Individual Characteristics Form" and "Pressure Injury Rating Scale".

Pressure Ulcers are a serious and common problem for residents admitted to long-term care facilities and community care patients. They represent a major burden to patients, carers and the Healthcare system, affecting approximately 1 in 20 community patients. International guidelines recommend the use of pressure redistribution support surfaces, systematic patient repositioning and preventive skin care to prevent pressure ulcers. It has been acknowledged that a significant proportion of pressure ulcers are avoidable. The prevalence of pressure ulcers is 1 of the 4 common harms recorded in the UK NHS Safety Thermometer, a local improvement tool for measuring, monitoring and analyzing patient harms across a range of settings, including nursing homes, community nursing and hospitals on a monthly basis. Static or reactive overlay mattresses are an example of a low-tech constant low-pressure support. Static air mattresses maintain a continuous low air pressure that exerts a pressure redistributing effect. Serraes and Beeckman found a pressure ulcer incidence of 5.1% in patients placed on static air support (mattress overlay, heel wedge and seat cushion) in a high risk population in a nursing home setting in Belgium. The CuroCell SAM PRO (Care of Sweden AB) is a static air mattress overlay system used as prevent and treat pressure ulcers (up to category 3) and for pain therapy. The aim of current study is to measure pressure ulcer incidence on the CuroCell Sam PRO static air mattress in nursing home residents at risk for pressure ulcer development over a 30-day period in Belgium.

This study was planned as a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial to determine the effect of evidence-based skin care interventions and hydrocolloid dressings in preventing nasogastric induced pressure injuries in critically ill patients.

Individuals who use wheelchairs are at an increased risk of developing pressure injuries on the parts of the body that are in constant contact with the wheelchair. The development of pressure injuries can cause reduced mobility, reduced activity and participation, greater unemployment, increased risk for future pressure injury development, and premature death. There are numerous risk factors associated with developing pressure injuries. Individuals can reduce the risk of pressure injury formation by changing positions, weight-shifting, and using special cushions, but many people still struggle with pressure injuries. This study is designed to assess the clinical effectiveness of WiSAT (Wheelchair in-Seat Activity Tracker). WiSAT is a tool designed to help prevent the development of pressure ulcers by changing behaviors that can lead to pressure ulcers. WiSAT monitors and provides real-time feedback on weight shifts and pressure relief behaviors while sitting in a wheelchair.

This study was conducted to examine the effect of two different tube detection on pressure wound formation in the intensive care unit. The search was carried out with a total of 60 patients that 30 of 60 them are interventions and 30 of 60 as experiments, who were hospitalized in the anesthesia and reanimation intensive care unit of an Educational Research Hospital. The 60 patients who made up the sample were assigned 2 groups using a computer program that produced random numbers. For the purpose of the study, the groups were encoded as groups A and B, and each group was tested with two different endotracheal tube detection methods which was applied to the patients in the groups. Data from the study were collected using the introductory and clinical features form, the braden pressure wound risk diagnostic scale, the pressure ulcer recovery assessment scale, the international pressure wound staging system, and the eilers oral assessment guide. Patients in both groups were monitored for four days for oral presure injury. During this process, the tube detection of both groups was changed every 24 hours, and the tubes were repositioned every 4 hours. At the end of the fourth day, wound assesments of patients who developed pressure wounds were performed by using the international pressure staging system and the pressure ulcer recovery assessment scale. Relatives of the patients who were scheduled to conduct the study were informed about the study by oral and written and their consent was obtained.

Pressure ulcers (PU) represent a major health issue because of their high incidence and of their important consequences. There is an important risk of pressure ulcer acquisition for ICU patient with acute organ failure. Specific risk factors identified in ICU are immobility, which accentuates the effects of friction and shears, as well as mechanical ventilation and the use of vasopressors. A repositioning schedule is a guideline for pressure ulcer prevention, but repositioning frequency remains unknown. Adaptation of the repositioning schedule to pressure ulcer risk assessment using Braden scale should decrease emergence of pressure ulcer. This could limit their important consequences for ICU patients which add to their brittle clinical condition (infection, increased length of stay, mortality…).

Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) and middle ear barotrauma (MEB) are common reported complications during hyperbaric oxygen treatment. The Phase I study data was the first to demonstrate a statistically significant decrease in the occurrence of symptomatic ETD and middle ear barotrauma (MEB). The Phase I Trial suggested the total time interval and rate (slope) of compression (ROC) may be a determining factor in ETD and MEB. This Phase II study investigates an optimal total time interval and rate of compression to reduce ETD and MEB when considering each multiplace treatment (with multiple patients) as the unit of observation collectively as a group, rather than for each individual patient. Data will be collected prospectively on group patient-treatment exposures. The investigators randomly assigned patient-treatment group exposures to four different time interval and rate (slope) of compression. These total time intervals of compression and rates (slopes) of compression are identical to those used in the Phase I trial. All patients experiencing symptoms of ETD and MEB requiring compression stops will be evaluated post treatment to confirm the presence of ETD and MEB using the O'Neill Grading System (OGS). Data will be analyzed using the IBM-SPSS statistical software program. The number of compression holds observed in each of the 4 compression schedules, similar to ther Phase I trial will be recorded. Patients who are symptomatic and require compression stops (as in the Phase I trial) using a United States Navy Treatment Table 9 (USN-TTN9) during elective hyperbaric oxygen treatments in a Class A multiplace hyperbaric chamber will be analyzed. Analysis using descriptive and inferential statistics will be applied to the patients requiring first stops in the 4 compression profiles. This Phase II study increases the sample size of treatments and they will be combined with the total number of treatments used in the original phase I study. This will increase power to facilitate detailed descriptive analysis and to determine if the findings are robust in the phase I study.

Pressure Wound (PW) is a chronic wound that develops in soft tissue as a result of the capillary end pressure which rising above 32 mmHg. It is the most common complication with 31% annual incidence after spinal cord injuries. Pressure wound is considered as malpractice for nursing practices. It decreases the quality of life of the elderly and patients with mobility restrictions and prolongs the length of hospital stay. Complication development risk and cost are high. Factors affecting wound opening include the amount of pressure, duration, moisture, friction, nutrition, age, weight, hemoglobin value, chronic diseases. The development of preventive actions, protocol and standard in pressure wound planning of care is among the main goals of nursing care. The research will be carried out to evaluate the effect of hand massage in preventing pressure injuries. Patient with a high risk of developing pressure wound will constitute the experimental and control group of our study. Standard nursing care applied to the control group; unlike the control group hand massage will be applied to the experiment group.when the sample group determined in both the experimental and control groups is reached the study will be terminated. The pressure wound in both groups will be compared statistically and the effectiveness of hand massage in reducing the pressure wound will be determined. H0 :The applied classical hand massage has no effect on the formation of pressure wound. H1: The applied classical hand massage has effect on the formation of pressure wound.