Risk factors for position-related injuries in adult surgical patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Veronica Ramirez Johansson, Oili Dahl, Ann-Charlotte Falk, Ulrica Nilsson, Marina Dehara, Ann-Christin von Vogelsang · 2026
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Veronica Ramirez Johansson and co-authors review what puts surgery patients at risk of harm from body position in a 2026 paper. Patients lie still for hours under anesthesia, and poor position can cause pressure sores or nerve damage. The review pooled studies on adults from 1990 to 2025, screening more than sixteen thousand records.
Forty-one studies made the cut, covering over twenty-six thousand patients for pressure injury work and far more for nerve injury work. Four factors raised pressure injury risk in the pooled results: diabetes, high body weight index, low blood albumin before surgery, and drugs that support circulation during the operation. Sex, age, high blood pressure, and operation length showed no clear link. Evidence on nerve injury was too thin and varied to pool. The authors urge checks before and after surgery to cut these harms.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Veronica Ramirez Johansson, Oili Dahl, Ann-Charlotte Falk, Ulrica Nilsson, Marina Dehara, Ann-Christin von Vogelsang |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 63 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |