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Utility of Interface Pressure Mapping

NCT01439581 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 428

Last updated 2019-09-12

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Summary

To determine if a device that measures and displays pressure that the patients feel when in bed can help nurses reposition the patient effectively and thereby reduce bedsores in the intensive care unit.

Conditions

  • Ulcers
  • Bedsores

Interventions

DEVICE

Mapping System

Pressure Sensing coverlet on ICU bed and provides real time feedback to assist in effective patient repositioning

DEVICE

Non-Mapping System

Standard ICU bed with no mapping system

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wellsense USA Inc.

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Henry Ford Health System

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2011-10-31
Completion
2012-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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