A pressure monitoring approach for pressure ulcer prevention

BMC Biomedical Engineering

Research

Bethel Osuagwu¹  Mariel Purcell²  Euan McCaughey³ 

[1] Biomedical Engineering Research Division, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK;Scottish Centre for Innovation in Spinal Cord Injury, Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK;Scottish Centre for Innovation in Spinal Cord Injury, Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK;Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, G51 4TF, Glasgow, Scotland;Scottish Centre for Innovation in Spinal Cord Injury, Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK;Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, G51 4TF, Glasgow, Scotland;Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia;

关键词: Pressure ulcer;    Monitoring;    Prevention;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s42490-023-00074-6

 received in 2023-03-12, accepted in 2023-08-01,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundA pressure ulcer (PU) is a debilitating condition that disproportionately affects people with impaired mobility. PUs facilitate tissue damage due to prolonged unrelieved pressure, degrading quality of life with a considerable socio-economic impact. While rapid treatment is crucial, an effective  prevention strategy may help avoid the development of PUs altogether. While pressure monitoring is currently used in PU prevention, available monitoring approaches are not formalised and do not appropriately account for accumulation and relief of the effect of an applied pressure over a prolonged duration. The aim of this study was to define an approach that incorporates the accumulation and relief of an applied load to enable continuous pressure monitoring.ResultsA tunable continuous pressure magnitude and duration monitoring approach that can account for accumulated damaging effect of an applied pressure and pressure relief over a prolonged period is proposed. Unlike classic pressure monitoring approaches, the presented method provides ongoing indication of the net impact of a load during and after loading.ConclusionsThe tunable continuous pressure magnitude and duration monitoring approach proposed here may further development towards formalised pressure monitoring approaches that aim to provide information on the risk of PU formation in real-time.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© BioMed Central Ltd. 2023

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