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The purpose of this paper is to develop a risk assessment system to prevent the occurrence of decubitus ulcers and to monitor the patient’s conditions via the Braden scale assessment tool. This ulcer is a type of wound that happens to bedridden people admitted for different diseases for an extended period. To prevent and alleviate the occurrence of decubitus or pressure ulcers, a system has been proposed consisting of a sheet embedded with various sensors like pressure sensor, temperature sensor, tactile sensing array, and moisture sensor interfaced with PIC microcontroller programmed using MPLAB. This sheet continuously monitors the activities of the patient through the aid of the Braden scale. The result indicates the patient’s pressure risk level calculated on basis of the Braden scale risk criteria and thereby updates it regularly to the hospital and the doctor's system through the display monitor and enables centralized control over the patient.
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Nagarajapandian, M., Geetha, M., Sharmista, P. (2021). Risk Assessment System for Prevention of Decubitus Ulcer. In: Karuppusamy, P., Perikos, I., Shi, F., Nguyen, T.N. (eds) Sustainable Communication Networks and Application. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 55. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8677-4_49
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