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Factors associated with medical devicerelated pressure ulcers occurrence in hospital setting: a systematic review protocol

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Mar 14, 2025

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Search, screening, and selection of articles to include in the review.
Note: OATD, open access theses and dissertations.
Search, screening, and selection of articles to include in the review. Note: OATD, open access theses and dissertations.

Preliminary search strategy in PubMed_

#1 (injury* OR lesion* OR wound* OR sore* OR Ulcer*) AND pressure
#2 “skin injury medical device related” OR “ mucosal injury medical device related” OR “pressure medical device related” OR “MDRPI” OR “MDRPU” OR “HAPI”OR “Medical device” OR “medical device related”
#3 prevalence OR incidence OR rate OR exposition OR risk
#4 #1 AND #2 AND #3

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Population Hospitalized adult patients, aged 18 years or older, with a medical device in use for preventive, diagnostic, or therapeutic purposes, applied during hospitalization.
Exposure All factors potentially associated with the development of MDRPI during hospital stay, whether related to the patient (sociodemographic, anamnestic, clinical), treatments in progress, clinical setting (type of ward, intensity of care, time of hospitalization), the device itself and the ways in which it is managed.
Control Not applicable
Outcome Injuries associated with medical devices.
Language:
English
Publication timeframe:
4 times per year
Journal Subjects:
Medicine, Assistive Professions, Nursing