Techniques to Prevent Bedsore in Physically Disabled Patients
K. Janani1, M. Poornima Devi2, S. Mercy Golda3, M. Anisha4, G. Vishnuvarthanan5, S. Sakthivel6
1K. Janani, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
2S. Mercy Golda, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
3M. Poornima Devi, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
4Anisha M, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
5G. Vishnuvarthanan, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
6S. Sakthivel, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
Manuscript received on 10 December 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 22 December 2019 | Manuscript Published on 30 December 2019 | PP: 912-915 | Volume-9 Issue-2S2 December 2019 | Retrieval Number: B11481292S219/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.B1148.1292S219
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Abstract: Inspite of improvements in medical industry and healthcare, pressure ulcers prevention remains high in hospitalized patients. These pressure ulcers prevails mostly in the patients who stays in hospital for long-term, assisted living at home, paralysed patients and with other physical disorders excluding of their diagnosis and health care needs. Pressure ulcers are known as a kind of skin lesion which influences the patient’s integrity of life and their caregiver become an significant reason of morbidity and in some aspects increase in the mortality. Managing and treating pressure ulcers are too costly. Though many devices have been designed with the aim of pressure ulcer prevention and cure but most of the existing technically complex devices have been exposed to be no more efficient and cost effective. Prevalence of these ulcers can be achieved by reducing pressures at bony prominences since pressure ulcers are high-cost and high adverse event. The objective of this manuscript is to review recent articles, with particular emphasis on prevention of bedsore in physically disabled patients.
Keywords: Prevalence, Pressure Ulcers, Paralyzed Patients, Mortality, Bony Prominences, Pressure Elevation.
Scope of the Article: Knowledge Engineering Tools and Techniques