OBJECTIVE: to investigate the incidence of pressure injury in cancer patients of an intensive care unit. METHOD: A longitudinal study with 105 patients admitted to an oncological intensive care unit. The incidence rate was calculated as the number of events per 100 patient-days. Cumulative incidence was calculated both globally and according to selected characteristics, and submitted to hypothesis tests. RESULTS: incidence rate per 100 patient-days was 1.32, and global cumulative incidence was 29.5%. A higher incidence was observed in patients with chronic diseases who had at least one episode of diarrhea, received enteral nutrition, and took vasoactive or sedative drugs for a prolonged period of time. Regarding type of tumour and antineoplastic treatments, no differences in incidence were observed. CONCLUSION: A high cumulative global incidence of pressure lesion was reported in cancer patients admitted to the intensive care unit, although tumour characteristics and antineoplastic treatments did not affect incidence.
OBJECTIVE: to investigate the incidence of pressure injury in cancerpatients of an intensive care unit. METHOD: A longitudinal study with 105 patients admitted to an oncological intensive care unit. The incidence rate was calculated as the number of events per 100 patient-days. Cumulative incidence was calculated both globally and according to selected characteristics, and submitted to hypothesis tests. RESULTS: incidence rate per 100 patient-days was 1.32, and global cumulative incidence was 29.5%. A higher incidence was observed in patients with chronic diseases who had at least one episode of diarrhea, received enteral nutrition, and took vasoactive or sedative drugs for a prolonged period of time. Regarding type of tumour and antineoplastic treatments, no differences in incidence were observed. CONCLUSION: A high cumulative global incidence of pressure lesion was reported in cancerpatients admitted to the intensive care unit, although tumour characteristics and antineoplastic treatments did not affect incidence.
Authors: Miriam Viviane Baron; Paulo Eugênio Silva; Janine Koepp; Janete de Souza Urbanetto; Andres Felipe Mantilla Santamaria; Michele Paula Dos Santos; Marcus Vinicius de Mello Pinto; Cristine Brandenburg; Isabel Cristina Reinheimer; Sonia Carvalho; Mário Bernardes Wagner; Thomas Miliou; Carlos Eduardo Poli-de-Figueiredo; Bartira Ercília Pinheiro da Costa Journal: Ann Intensive Care Date: 2022-06-13 Impact factor: 10.318