• 1. School of Nursing, Sun Yet-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P. R. China;
  • 2. Nursing Department, Lingnan Branch of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510070, P. R. China;
HU Ailing, Email: h-ailing@163.com
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Medical device-related pressure injury (MDRPI) is a kind of pressure injury that occurs in the course of diagnosis and treatment, and its appearance is similar to that of medical device. Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) infants are more likely to develop MDRPI than children and adults because of the physiological characteristics of skin and the influence of disease. At present, the occurrence of MDRPI in NICU infants is attracting worldwide attention. Its treatment and nursing consume a large amount of medical resources, which not only affect the outcome of the disease, but also increase the economic burden of the family and society. This article summarizes the MDRPI from three aspects: summary, influencing factors, and evaluation tools. It is expected that NICU nurses will carry out large sample clinical investigation of MDRPI in the future, so as to provide a reference for risk prediction model and risk assessment tools to identify high-risk infants and take effective measures in advance to reduce the incidence of MDRPI.

Citation: LI Siqing, HU Ailing. Research progress on medical device-related pressure injury in neonatal intensive care unit. West China Medical Journal, 2019, 34(2): 218-222. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201901093 Copy

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