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Prevention of Pressure Ulcer by Lateral Tilt Bed in Neurocritical Care

Not Applicable
Terminated
Conditions
Pressure Ulcer
Interventions
Other: Body positioning
Registration Number
NCT04078477
Lead Sponsor
Regional Hospital Liberec
Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
300
Inclusion Criteria
  • Primary brain disease
  • Hospitalization in JIP neurocenter
  • Age> 18 years
  • Unconsciousness
  • Artificial pulmonary ventilation
Exclusion Criteria
  • Intracranial hypertension
  • Decubitus on the skin upon admission

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Lateral tilt bedBody positioningSpecial lateral tilt bed.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of pressure ulcerThrough study completion, on average every 24 weeks.

Pressure ulcer will be evaluated in accordance with EPUAP (European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Prolonging the stay in the NICUThrough study completion, on average every 24 weeks.

The incidence of the pressure ulcer shall prolong the patient´s NICU stay

Cost effectiveness of patient´s NICU stayThrough study completion, on average every 24 weeks.

Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Regional Hospital Liberec

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Liberec, Czechia

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