Pressure Ulcer Association Refset
- Susan Castillo
- Susan Matney
- John Kilbourne
Use Case(s)
A pressure injury is defined as "Localized damage to the skin and underlying soft tissue, usually over a bony prominence or related to a medical or other device. The injury occurs as a result of intense and/or prolonged pressure, or pressure in combination with shear." This reference set is used to document the bony prominence device associated with the pressure injury.
Artifact
Pressure ulcer association refset
Purpose of Refset
This reference set contains bony prominences (such as sacrum) and medical devices (such as wheel chair) which may contribute to the cause of a pressure injury.
Examples of what to include
Skin structures over bony prominences and devices upon or pressing on the skin.
Examples of what to exclude
The bone.
Zero or one OR Zero or more
Zero or more
Editorial Guidelines
Concepts within this reference set should be children of 123037004 |Body structure (body structure)| or 260787004 |Physical object (physical object)|.
Similar Refsets
There are many device type reference sets (such as heart rate measurement device) that contain devices used for measurements. However, this reference set contains devices that may have caused a finding.
Associated Clinical Quality Measures
There are many clinical quality measures regarding wound assessment but I couldn't find any that specific ask for this pressure ulcer association reference set.