[FREQUENCY OF PRESSURE ULCERS IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED IN THE CORONARY AND INTENSIVE UNIT CARE OF A HIGH SPECIALITY HOSPITAL].

INTRODUCTION: The Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH) represent a serious problem around the world since they have important consequences, personal and economic, this making it a public problem health. The PUSH are a challenge for professionals nursing at all levels of care.

OBJECTVE: Identify the frequency of Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing in patients hospitalized in coronary and intensive unit care of a high specialty hospital.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: A descriptive, observational, prospective, and cross-sectional study. The population was composed of 139 patients who were admitted in June and July period of 2015 in the Coronary and Intensive Unit Care.

RESULTS: The total of patients valued (139) show a mean age of 50 years old, the 51.8% male, of these the 61.4% developed a skin lesion related to prostration. The 84.17% are not mobilized as recommended, of these the (45.3%) belonged to Neurosurgery, with a range hospital stay from 1 to 36-day. The 79.8% (111 patients) were under sedation drug. Directly related to the emergence of PUSH, obtaining 41% of patients ulcerated lesions the 8.2 average days.

CONCLUSIONS: The PUSH as problem are present in a Coronary and General Intensive Care Unit frequently (41%) in June and July of 2015. The care and treatment of people with PUSH must be dynamic and interdisciplinary.