Editorial Type:
Article Category: Brief Report
| Online Publication Date: Jan 01, 2017
Risk Factors for Pressure Ulcers at the Ala of Nose in Oral Surgery
Risk Factors for Pressure Ulcers at the Ala of Nose in Oral Surgery
DDS, PhD,
RN, and
DDS, PhD
Page Range: 104 – 105
A quality review revealed pressure ulcers at the ala of nose in 16 cases (2.2%) over 3 years. We therefore retrospectively investigated the risk factors for alar pressure ulcers from nasal tubes. Male gender was the highest risk factor (odds ratio = 9.1411; 95% confidence interval = 1.680–170.58), and the second highest risk factor was duration of anesthesia (odds ratio = 1.0048/min of anesthesia; 95% confidence interval = 1.0034–1.0065). Male gender and duration of anesthesia appear to be risk factors for nasal tube pressure ulcers at the ala of nose in patients.
Keywords: Oral surgery; Pressure ulcer; Ala of nose; Nasotracheal intubation
Copyright: © 2017 by the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology
Use of a soft material to prevent pressure ulcer.
Contributor Notes
Address correspondence to Dr Masanori Tsukamoto, Kyushu University Hospital, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashiku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan; tsukamoto@dent.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
Received: Nov 09, 2016
Accepted: Mar 06, 2017