calca-protein--human and Pressure-Ulcer

calca-protein--human has been researched along with Pressure-Ulcer* in 1 studies

Other Studies

1 other study(ies) available for calca-protein--human and Pressure-Ulcer

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Medico-legal aspects of pressure sores. Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2003, Volume: 5 Suppl 1 Forensic pathologists are increasingly confronted with the need of expertises, which refer to neglected prevention of pressure sores in cases of suspected malpractice. In Hamburg, Germany, a monitoring system for advanced grade decubitus was established by use of routine post mortem examinations before cremation. The trend of decubitus prevalence turned out to be correlated with a local nursery-related quality improvement programme demonstrating the impact of care factors. However, forensic expertise in individual cases must balance very carefully if a fatal decubitus disease was predominantly care-related. A study on nine fatalities with advanced grade decubitus failed to show an increase of Procalcitonin (PCT) as a marker for septicemia. A suppurative osteomyelitis was found in only nine of 20 cases with grade IV decubitus. Even if there is proof for septicemia, the causality must be ensured to be truly decubitus-related. Topics: Calcitonin; Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; Case-Control Studies; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Forensic Medicine; Germany; Glycoproteins; Humans; Incidence; Nursing Homes; Osteomyelitis; Pressure Ulcer; Prevalence; Protein Precursors; Quality Assurance, Health Care	2003

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Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2003, Volume: 5 Suppl 1

Forensic pathologists are increasingly confronted with the need of expertises, which refer to neglected prevention of pressure sores in cases of suspected malpractice. In Hamburg, Germany, a monitoring system for advanced grade decubitus was established by use of routine post mortem examinations before cremation. The trend of decubitus prevalence turned out to be correlated with a local nursery-related quality improvement programme demonstrating the impact of care factors. However, forensic expertise in individual cases must balance very carefully if a fatal decubitus disease was predominantly care-related. A study on nine fatalities with advanced grade decubitus failed to show an increase of Procalcitonin (PCT) as a marker for septicemia. A suppurative osteomyelitis was found in only nine of 20 cases with grade IV decubitus. Even if there is proof for septicemia, the causality must be ensured to be truly decubitus-related.

Topics: Calcitonin; Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; Case-Control Studies; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Forensic Medicine; Germany; Glycoproteins; Humans; Incidence; Nursing Homes; Osteomyelitis; Pressure Ulcer; Prevalence; Protein Precursors; Quality Assurance, Health Care

2003