• Journal of critical care · Aug 2017

    Prevalence of graduated compression stocking-associated pressure injuries in surgical intensive care units.

    • Deborah B Hobson, Tracy Y Chang, Jonathan K Aboagye, Brandyn D Lau, Hasan M Shihab, Betsy Fisher, Samantha Young, Nancy Sujeta, Dauryne L Shaffer, Victor O Popoola, Peggy S Kraus, Gina Knorr, Norma E Farro... more w, Michael B Streiff, and Elliott R Haut. less
    • Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: dho... more bson1@jhmi.edu. less
    • J Crit Care. 2017 Aug 1; 40: 1-6.

    PurposeThis study aimed to determine the prevalence of static graduated compression stocking (sGCS)-associated pressure injury among patients in surgical intensive care units (ICUs).MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed data from wound care rounds between April 2011 and June 2012 at 3 surgical ICUs at an urban, tertiary care hospital. Patients with sGCS-associated pressure injury were identified and descriptive analysis was performed on their demographic, perioperative, and postoperative characteristics.ResultsWe examined 1787 individual patients during 2391 patient encounters. A total of 129 (7.2%) of patients developed pressure injuries. Forty patients (2.2%) developed sGCS-associated pressure injury. Static GCS-associated pressure injury accounted for 31% (40/129) of all pressure injuries and 74% (40/54) of all medical device-related pressure injury. Eighteen (45%) and 6 (15%) developed stage 1 and 2 pressure injury, respectively, and 16 (40%) developed deep tissue injuries. The mean age of our patients was 64.7 years, about half (47.5%) were male, and their mean Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score was 18.8. Many had comorbid conditions, including obesity (44.5%) and diabetes (42.5%), and required mechanical ventilation (45%).ConclusionsPressure injuries are a notable complication of sGCS in surgical ICU patients. Appropriate measures are required to help avoid this potentially preventable harm.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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