Under Pressure: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Rhabdomyolysis and Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries After Retroperitoneal Surgery
Implementation of The Pink Pad significantly reduced rates of postoperative CK value elevation and HAPIs caused by lateral decubitus positioning. Further studies should be performed to confirm these findings.
Authors
- Sandeep Gurram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-9269)
- Xiaowei Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3701-7837)
- Mark W. Ball (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1780-2627)
- Lauren Loebach
- Rubén Blachman-Braun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9700-0805)
- Matthew Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3267-6510)
- Andrew J. Mannes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5834-5667)
- Jagjit S. Saini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0062-5935)
- Karen C. Axelrod
- Ning Miao
- Braden Millan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4253-8568)
- Daniel Nethala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0169-8741)
- W. Marston Linehan
- Milan Patel
Institutions
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- National Cancer Institute (US)
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Urology Practice
- Published
- 2025-06-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/upj.0000000000000852
- Primary Topic
- Muscle and Compartmental Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00