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authors: Rrapi, Renajd; Chand, Sidharth; Lo, Jennifer A.; Gabel, Colleen K.; Song, Sarah; Holcomb, Zachary; Iriarte, Christopher; Moore, Kevin; Shi, Connie R.; Song, Hannah; Di Xia, Fan; Yanes, Daniel; Gandhi, Rajesh; Triant, Virginia A.; Kroshinsky, Daniela
title: The Significance of Pressure Injuries and Purpura in COVID-19 Patients Hospitalized at a Large Urban Academic Medical Center: A Retrospective Cohort Study
date: 2021-03-20
journal: J Am Acad Dermatol
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2021.03.051
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doc_id: 856474
cord_uid: 05x4cc4f

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impact quality of life, are associated with increased mortality, and result in increased healthcare 34 costs. 1 In COVID-19 infection, sites of pressure injury have been associated with purpuric Table 1 ).

The incidence of pressure injury in this study (6.9%) is comparable to previous estimates 52 of between 5% and 15% of hospitalized patients depending on clinical context. 1 With respect to 53 COVID-19 hospitalization specifically, the especially tenuous respiratory status in these 54 critically ill patients frequently interfered with standard preventative measures to turn patients for 4 patients had multiple pressure injuries of which some had purpuric features and others had only nonpurpuric features. Values for these patients are tabulated in both columns. 2 Statistical testing is performed comparing patients having pressure injuries with purpuric features to patients having pressure injuries none of which had purpuric features. Abbreviation: Standard deviation (SD); Body mass index (BMI).

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