Calculating the risk: reflections on the Norton Scale
Article Abstract:
The Norton Scale, developed in the 1950s to assess pressure ulcer risk, should have its onset threshold moved from 14 to 15 or 16. Close monitoring of patients' health and pressure ulcer risk factors remain key elements in accurate use of this scale. Regardless of which of the several pressure ulcer assessment scales is used, health care providers must realize scales indicate but do not predict. Further factors which must be part of assessment are the increase in elderly persons and the use of various drugs in treatment.
Publication Name: Advances in Wound Care: The Journal for Prevention and Healing
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 1076-2191
Year: 1996
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Factors affecting the predictive validity of the Braden Scale
Article Abstract:
The Braden Scale's validity for predicting patients at risk for pressure ulcers is affected by patient nutrition, patient history, and treatment regimen. A study verifies the Braden Scale's predictability at 63% for a positive test and 88% for a negative test. Patients developing pressure ulcers who scored low on the Braden Scale were underweight, scored low on the nutrition subscale, were placed on alternating pressure air mattresses, and had a history of cardiovascular disease.
Publication Name: Advances in Wound Care: The Journal for Prevention and Healing
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 1076-2191
Year: 1996
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