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Soft Foam Dressings for Pressure Injury Prevention of Cardiac Surgery

Effectiveness of Using Soft Foam Dressings in Preventing Pressure Injuries During Cardiac Surger

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 May 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the application of soft foam dressings can reduce the occurrence of surgery-related pressure injuries among patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Specifically, this research aims to investigate differences in pressure injury outcomes before and after the intervention, and to assess the preventive effectiveness of soft foam dressings as an adjunctive skin-protection strategy.

Status (registry)
Not yet recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
80 (estimated)
First submitted
23 Jan 2026
Start date
May 2026
Primary completion date
Dec 2026
Lead sponsor
Shih,Wen-Chi
NCT number
NCT07379294

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 80
  • From May 2026 to the primary completion date, Dec 2026
  • No sites listed in no country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Surgical position other than supine
  • Long-term bedridden status prior to hospital admission

Other illness

  • History of stroke with residual limb weakness

Other

  • Altered consciousness or inability to cooperate

Who the study is looking for

  • Adults aged 18 years or older
  • Scheduled to undergo cardiac surgery under general anesthesia
  • Use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during surgery
  • Expected surgical duration greater than 4 hours
  • Intact skin without pre-existing pressure injury prior to surgery

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

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