Resumen

CANIUPAN, Jenny; RIVAS, Edith  y  BUSTOS, Luis. Diagnostic capacity of the Braden Q and Norton Scales for pressure ulcers in pediatric patients of critical units. Enfermería (Montevideo) [online]. 2018, vol.7, n.1, pp.17-26. ISSN 1688-8375.  https://doi.org/10.22235/ech.v7i1.1539.

The objective of the investigation was to evaluate the diagnostic capacity of the Braden Q and Norton scales for the development of pressure ulcers in pediatric patients of Critical Units in a highly complex hospital in Chile. It is a cross-sectional study comparing diagnostic tests in patients admitted to critical units. The sample was non-probabilistic, for the convenience of 118 children. Both scales were analyzed respecting the precepts, in order to compare the discriminative capacity of two diagnostic tests verifying that both are measured simultaneously while applied on the same subjects. The research was approved by the Ethics Committee, Health Service and Informed Consent signed by the parents of the children. It was determined that the sensitivity of the Braden Q scale, at 24 and 48 hours, is lower than Norton´s in the same evaluations; it has a higher positive predictive value in both measurements, as well as the probability ratio (+). It is concluded that Braden Q is the ideal scale to assess the risk of developing pressure ulcers in the pediatric population; it presents greater reliability

Palabras clave : Scales; Pressure Ulcer; Pediatric Intensive Care Units. Pediatric nurses.

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