Key result
Anesthesia duration and total time with diastolic blood pressure below 50 mmHg were statistically significant predictors of pressure ulcer development in patients undergoing urologic surgery.
Population
Patients undergoing urologic surgical procedures
Design
Cohort
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May guide intraoperative risk stratification in urologic surgery; hypothesis-generating for device-based prevention trials.
Anesthesia duration and intraoperative hypotension (diastolic blood pressure < 50 mmHg) are significant predictors of pressure ulcers in urologic surgery patients.
Sledge et al. (2010) studied this question. Anesthesia duration and total time with diastolic blood pressure below 50 mmHg were statistically significant predictors of pressure ulcer development in patients undergoing urologic surgery.
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