Identification and evaluation of parameters for the prevention of pressure ulcers in hospitalized patients

Abstract

The observation and prevention of decubitus sores of patients hospitalized during rehabilitation is an important issue and the commercial devices traditionally used for this purpose seem not sufficient. Therefore, it is necessary to design a new algorithm, implemented in Labview, for the evaluation of these indicators. The program has been tested on a healthy subject and then a protocol has been written to verify the first results on patients. The software shows a good behavior even in a clinical environment and it proposes itself as a tool for the evaluation of pressure ulcers in hospitals and to help medical staff to better take care of such a problem.