Patient positioning is an essential part of a preventive strategy for neurocritical care patients. The aim of the study will be to determine whether the positioning of the bed is the same or better compared to the positioning of the patient's bed in the presence of pressure ulcer.
In the monocentric, intervention, prospective, randomized study, we will investigate incidence of pressure ulcer in 300 adult consecutive patients admitted to our Neurointensive Care Unit (NICU). All patients will suffer from acute primary brain disease and will be unconscious with artificial pulmonary ventilation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
300
Comparison lateral tilt bed to standard patient´s body positioning in the bed.
Regional Hospital Liberec
Liberec, Czechia
Incidence of pressure ulcer
Pressure ulcer will be evaluated in accordance with EPUAP (European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel)
Time frame: Through study completion, on average every 24 weeks.
Prolonging the stay in the NICU
The incidence of the pressure ulcer shall prolong the patient´s NICU stay
Time frame: Through study completion, on average every 24 weeks.
Cost effectiveness of patient´s NICU stay
Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS)
Time frame: Through study completion, on average every 24 weeks.
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