Strategic treatment of pressure ulcer using sub-epidermal moisture values

Abstract

A method of assessing a patient who has had a previous capacitance scan at a body location, comprising: assigning the patient to a risk category selected from a group comprising a plurality of risk categories, the assigning based partially on the previous capacitance scan of the body location, calculating a previous delta value for the previous capacitance scan to establish a first threshold, performing a capacitance scan of the body location, and calculating a delta value for the capacitance scan. The method also comprises performing a subsequent capacitance scan of the body location at a first time interval when the delta value is greater than or equal to the first threshold, and performing a subsequent capacitance scan of the body location at a second time interval that is shorter than the first time interval when the delta value is greater than or equal to a second threshold that is higher than the first threshold.

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