Riesgo de úlceras por presión en pacientes ingresados en la unidad de cuidado crítico de un hospital privado de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Pressure ulcers (UPP) mostly represent a health problem worldwide and even more so when it is observed more frequently in public or private hospitals that provide health care, so this study has as objetive describe the risk of pressure ulcers in patients admitted to the critical care unit of a private hospital in the city of Guayaquil, whose methodology is of a quantitative approach, of a descriptive and prospective type, with a transversal design, the population that was identified is one hundred and eight patients admitted taking seventy -eight patients into consideration who are those who had a direct income to the area in question, excluding those who entered with transfer from other hospital units that already had UPP, the instrument which was used was a matrix for indirect collection through clinical histories and the application of the Norton scale and the results that were obtained were of the 78 patients who underwent the assessment by the Norton Scale, 59% represented a high risk of suffering UPP, 13% a medium and medium risk, those who were in an age group of 15 at 29 years, 4% of patients, 15% belong to the range of 30 to 44 years; 19% are from 45 to 59 years old and 62%, mostly, belong to the range of over 60 years.