Response to Commentary on “Effectiveness of a Single‐Use Polyurethane Foam Positioning Pad Compared With Five‐Layer Foam Sacral Dressing for Pressure Ulcer Prevention in the Operating Room: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial”
Ebtisam Abdellatif Elhihi, Samah Ali Almuwallad, Bayan Mansour Alqrashi, Esmail Mohamed Nada, Naif Ahmed Alduaiji, Abdullah Abdulrahman Alfakeeh · 2025
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Ebtisam Abdellatif Elhihi and co-authors wrote a 2025 letter that answers a commentary on their trial of foam pads to prevent pressure sores in surgery. The trial compared a single use foam pad with a five layer foam dressing at the tail bone. A reader had raised points on the design and reading of the results.
The authors reply point by point. They report that 111 patients were screened and 108 were split by chance into the trial arms. Eight left after that split, some due to death or heart lung machine care before outcomes could be read. They also clarify that the trial aimed at high risk patients set for long heart surgery, and they address cases whose surgery ran shorter than planned.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ebtisam Abdellatif Elhihi, Samah Ali Almuwallad, Bayan Mansour Alqrashi, Esmail Mohamed Nada, Naif Ahmed Alduaiji, Abdullah Abdulrahman Alfakeeh |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 7 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |