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Monitorização para prevenção das úlceras por pressão
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A permanência de pessoas em camas e cadeiras por períodos
de 2 horas ou mais pode levar ao aparecimento de úlceras por
pressão (UPP) nas zonas de contacto das proeminências ósseas.
Este problema apresenta-se hoje com elevada magnitude
afetando drasticamente a qualidade de vida dos indivíduos e
das famílias e consequentemente da sociedade. Custos notáveis
ao nível pessoal, familiar, social e económico solicitam respostas
efetivas ao nível da sua prevenção.
A elevada prevalência de UPP em pessoas com necessidade
de cuidados de saúde, quer em hospitais, lares ou domicílios1
na Macaronésia suscitou o interesse de um grupo de
investigadores para a sua prevenção.
O trabalho aqui apresentado foi desenvolvido pelo projeto
de Investigação Científica em Enfermagem2 no âmbito do
programa MAC 2007-2013 (ICE2 MAC/1/A029). Trata-se
de uma continuidade do estudo sobre sistemas de medição
de pressão e de temperatura efetuado na Universidade da
Madeira cujo objetivo foi criar um sistema automático de
deteção precoce da lesão tecidular2. Ele expressa o esforço
interdisciplinar de investigadores da área da engenharia e da
enfermagem em prol de uma solução efetiva para apoiar os
cuidadores a prevenir as UPP.
O artigo começa por abordar a relação que a pressão
e a temperatura têm no aparecimento da lesão tecidular,
sugerindo-as como indicadores preditivos da mesma. Na
segunda parte advoga a monitorização da pressão e da
temperatura como mais-valias para uma eficaz prevenção das
UPP e apresenta os resultados de um estudo com um sistema
de monitorização de pressão e temperatura. Apresenta o
protótipo em desenvolvimento, o sistema de monitorização
para prevenção das UPP, constituído por matrizes de sensores,
circuitos de aquisição de dados, sistema de transmissão sem
fios e um software de visualização dos dados.
Enfatiza-se como dado inovador o facto de cada matriz
de sensores, aplicada numa superfície de contacto, cadeira ou
cama, estar associada a um computador e a um nó sensor sem
fios, permitindo que a informação relativa a cada superfície
seja visualizada local e remotamente, constituindo-se uma
ferramenta útil para o despiste precoce da lesão tecidular que
origina uma úlcera por pressão.
The permanence of people in beds and chairs for periods of two hours or more can lead to the onset of pressure ulcers (UPP) in the contact areas of bony prominences. This problem presents itself today with high magnitude drastically affecting the quality of life of individuals and families and thus society. Notable costs to personal, family, social and economic requesting effective responses in terms of prevention. The high prevalence of UPP in people in need of health care, whether in hospitals, nursing homes or households [1] in Macaronesia aroused the interest of a group of researchers for its prevention. The work presented here was developed by the scientific research project in Enfermagem2 the OMC 2007-2013 (ICE2 MAC / 1 / A029). This is a continuation of the study on pressure measurement systems and temperature performed at the University of Madeira whose goal was to create an automated system for early detection of tissue damage [2]. He expressed the interdisciplinary effort of researchers from the field of engineering and nursing towards an effective solution to support caregivers to prevent the UPP. The article begins by addressing the relationship that the pressure and the temperature have the onset of tissue damage, suggesting them as predictive indicators of it. In the second part advocates monitoring of pressure and temperature as capital gains for effective prevention of UPP and presents the results of a study with a pressure and temperature monitoring system. It presents a prototype under development, the monitoring system to prevent UPP, comprising arrays of sensors, data acquisition circuits, wireless communication system and a data visualization software. It is emphasized as given innovative the fact that each sensor array, applied to a contact surface, chair or bed, be associated with a computer and a wireless sensor node, allowing the information on each surface is viewed locally and remotely , becoming a useful tool for the early screening of tissue damage that leads to a pressure ulcer.
The permanence of people in beds and chairs for periods of two hours or more can lead to the onset of pressure ulcers (UPP) in the contact areas of bony prominences. This problem presents itself today with high magnitude drastically affecting the quality of life of individuals and families and thus society. Notable costs to personal, family, social and economic requesting effective responses in terms of prevention. The high prevalence of UPP in people in need of health care, whether in hospitals, nursing homes or households [1] in Macaronesia aroused the interest of a group of researchers for its prevention. The work presented here was developed by the scientific research project in Enfermagem2 the OMC 2007-2013 (ICE2 MAC / 1 / A029). This is a continuation of the study on pressure measurement systems and temperature performed at the University of Madeira whose goal was to create an automated system for early detection of tissue damage [2]. He expressed the interdisciplinary effort of researchers from the field of engineering and nursing towards an effective solution to support caregivers to prevent the UPP. The article begins by addressing the relationship that the pressure and the temperature have the onset of tissue damage, suggesting them as predictive indicators of it. In the second part advocates monitoring of pressure and temperature as capital gains for effective prevention of UPP and presents the results of a study with a pressure and temperature monitoring system. It presents a prototype under development, the monitoring system to prevent UPP, comprising arrays of sensors, data acquisition circuits, wireless communication system and a data visualization software. It is emphasized as given innovative the fact that each sensor array, applied to a contact surface, chair or bed, be associated with a computer and a wireless sensor node, allowing the information on each surface is viewed locally and remotely , becoming a useful tool for the early screening of tissue damage that leads to a pressure ulcer.
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Prevenção Úlceras por pressão Temperatura Sensores Prevention Pressure ulcers Temperature sensors . Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia