Prevalência de Lesão por Pressão em pacientes internados em hospital privado do estado de Minas Gerais

Abstract

The present article consists of outlining a study on inpatient care and its basic human needs and the prevention of adverse events. Being one of the challenges of the nursing team in regard to hospitalized patient care prevent pressure injuries - LPP. The general objective of this study is to identify the prevalence of pressure injury in a hospital admission unit and to classify pressure ulcers as to location and stage. This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study about the patients risk for the development of LPP and the prevalence of this disease. A sample of one hundred and sixty-nine patients admitted to a private hospital in the State of Minas Gerais was evaluated. Of these one hundred and sixty-nine, nine patients developed LPP, noticing a prevalence of 5.3% of these patients, totaling eleven lesions. As of the ninth patients, three lesions were classified as Stage 1, seven as Stage 2, one as Stage 3. Noting that one of the patients developed three LPP. A rate below the prevalence of LPP work was observed, and this data, in our understanding, is related to the preventive care given to LPP, and to the quality of care provided by nursing, and thus validating that a correct management of inpatient care contributes to early de-hospitalization.