An exploratory study of risk factors for pressure injury in patients undergoing spine surgery

Background Perioperative patients are potentially at risk for pressure injuries due to anesthetic agents and surgical positioning. Pressure injury increases discomfort and pain in patients and causes complications, which lead to an increase in mortality and hospitalization duration. Most previous st...

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Main Authors: DaeHee Suh, Su Yeon Kim, Byunghoon Yoo, Sangseok Lee
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Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2021-01-01
Series:Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.anesth-pain-med.org/upload/pdf/apm-20081.pdf
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Su Yeon Kim
Byunghoon Yoo
Sangseok Lee
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Su Yeon Kim
Byunghoon Yoo
Sangseok Lee
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description Background Perioperative patients are potentially at risk for pressure injuries due to anesthetic agents and surgical positioning. Pressure injury increases discomfort and pain in patients and causes complications, which lead to an increase in mortality and hospitalization duration. Most previous studies did not focus on specific types of surgery or surgical positioning. We tried to identify the incidence of perioperative pressure injury during spinal surgery and perioperative risk factors that contribute to pressure injury. Methods We retrospectively analyzed electronic medical records of 663 patients who underwent spinal surgery between March 2016 and May 2018. The primary outcome was occurrence of pressure injury. Potential risk factors of pressure injury were selected based on previous studies and expert opinion, and divided into two sub-categories: preoperative and intraoperative risk factors. We compared the clinical characteristics of patients in the pressure injury and non-injury groups. Perioperative risk factors for pressure injury were analyzed by logistic regression. Results Among 663 patients, the incidence of all stages of pressure injury was 5.9%. The face and inguinal regions were the most injured sites (both 28.6%). The pressure injury group showed a 13% longer hospitalization period. Preoperative plasma concentration of protein was associated with 0.5-fold lower pressure injury (OR: 0.50; 95% CI: 0.27 to 0.95; P = 0.034). Conclusions The incidence of pressure injury was similar to that previously reported and occurred in the direct weight-bearing areas, which led to longer hospitalization. We found that a lower preoperative serum protein level is significantly associated with intraoperative pressure injury occurrence during spinal surgery.
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spelling doaj.art-d7f267d0977a4467be41a19cfd4312922023-05-17T05:44:27ZengKorean Society of AnesthesiologistsAnesthesia and Pain Medicine1975-51712383-79772021-01-0116110811510.17085/apm.200811050An exploratory study of risk factors for pressure injury in patients undergoing spine surgeryDaeHee Suh0Su Yeon Kim1Byunghoon Yoo2Sangseok Lee3 Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, KoreaBackground Perioperative patients are potentially at risk for pressure injuries due to anesthetic agents and surgical positioning. Pressure injury increases discomfort and pain in patients and causes complications, which lead to an increase in mortality and hospitalization duration. Most previous studies did not focus on specific types of surgery or surgical positioning. We tried to identify the incidence of perioperative pressure injury during spinal surgery and perioperative risk factors that contribute to pressure injury. Methods We retrospectively analyzed electronic medical records of 663 patients who underwent spinal surgery between March 2016 and May 2018. The primary outcome was occurrence of pressure injury. Potential risk factors of pressure injury were selected based on previous studies and expert opinion, and divided into two sub-categories: preoperative and intraoperative risk factors. We compared the clinical characteristics of patients in the pressure injury and non-injury groups. Perioperative risk factors for pressure injury were analyzed by logistic regression. Results Among 663 patients, the incidence of all stages of pressure injury was 5.9%. The face and inguinal regions were the most injured sites (both 28.6%). The pressure injury group showed a 13% longer hospitalization period. Preoperative plasma concentration of protein was associated with 0.5-fold lower pressure injury (OR: 0.50; 95% CI: 0.27 to 0.95; P = 0.034). Conclusions The incidence of pressure injury was similar to that previously reported and occurred in the direct weight-bearing areas, which led to longer hospitalization. We found that a lower preoperative serum protein level is significantly associated with intraoperative pressure injury occurrence during spinal surgery.http://www.anesth-pain-med.org/upload/pdf/apm-20081.pdfanesthesianeoplasmorthopedicspressure ulcerproteinrisk factorsskin ulcer
spellingShingle DaeHee Suh
Su Yeon Kim
Byunghoon Yoo
Sangseok Lee
An exploratory study of risk factors for pressure injury in patients undergoing spine surgery
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
anesthesia
neoplasm
orthopedics
pressure ulcer
protein
risk factors
skin ulcer
title An exploratory study of risk factors for pressure injury in patients undergoing spine surgery
title_full An exploratory study of risk factors for pressure injury in patients undergoing spine surgery
title_fullStr An exploratory study of risk factors for pressure injury in patients undergoing spine surgery
title_full_unstemmed An exploratory study of risk factors for pressure injury in patients undergoing spine surgery
title_short An exploratory study of risk factors for pressure injury in patients undergoing spine surgery
title_sort exploratory study of risk factors for pressure injury in patients undergoing spine surgery
topic anesthesia
neoplasm
orthopedics
pressure ulcer
protein
risk factors
skin ulcer
url http://www.anesth-pain-med.org/upload/pdf/apm-20081.pdf
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