Braden Pressure Injury Scale Calculator
6-subscale assessment for pressure injury risk in hospitalized patients
When to use it
Assess adult pressure-injury risk on admission and daily or with clinical changes in acute care; supplement the score with skin assessment and individual risk factors.
Category
Nursing Calculators
References
- Bergstrom N et al. The Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk. Nurs Res. 1987;36:205-10. PMID: 3299278
- National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel, European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel and Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance. Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers/Injuries: Clinical Practice Guideline. The International Guideline, fourth edition (online chapters). https://www.internationalguideline.com/the-international-guideline
About NephroMind
This calculator is part of NephroMind, a free clinical decision-aid platform from the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation (ASNRT) — over 128 bedside nephrology calculators plus a renal drug-dosing database, coded by a practicing transplant nephrologist.