Figure 1.
Preliminary search strategy in PubMed_
| #1 | (injury* OR lesion* OR wound* OR sore* OR Ulcer*) AND pressure |
| #2 | “skin injury medical device related” OR “ mucosal injury medical device related” OR “pressure medical device related” OR “MDRPI” OR “MDRPU” OR “HAPI”OR “Medical device” OR “medical device related” |
| #3 | prevalence OR incidence OR rate OR exposition OR risk |
| #4 | #1 AND #2 AND #3 |
PECO_
| Population | Hospitalized adult patients, aged 18 years or older, with a medical device in use for preventive, diagnostic, or therapeutic purposes, applied during hospitalization. |
| Exposure | All factors potentially associated with the development of MDRPI during hospital stay, whether related to the patient (sociodemographic, anamnestic, clinical), treatments in progress, clinical setting (type of ward, intensity of care, time of hospitalization), the device itself and the ways in which it is managed. |
| Control | Not applicable |
| Outcome | Injuries associated with medical devices. |