Florida International University Anesthesiology Nursing Program Dr. Jürgen Osterbrink RGN, MN (HP), Ph.D Professor Direct To Desk (49-911) 3982046 E-mail:
[email protected] October 15th, 2004 Dear Mr. Seghers, Please find attached the final results of the study: "Clinical evaluation of the effectiveness of the REPOSE system" Sincerely yours, Dr. Herbert Mayer 1 Prof. Dr. Jürgen Osterbrink 2 Gerhard Schröder3 1 Biometrician, scientist at the Institut für Pflegewissenschaft Private Universität Witten/Herdecke gGmbH 2 Florida International University, Miami, USA 3 GSK Kommunikation, Uslar-Sohlingen Table of Contents 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................3 2 Research literature ........................................................................................................ 6 2.1 Comments on research literature.............................................................................................6 2.2 Knowledge of pressure-reducing systems in the literature...................................................7 2.3 An overview of the literature according to the criteria..........................................................8 2.3.1 Prevention studies.........................................................................................................10 2.3.2 Therapeutic studies.......................................................................................................22 2.3.3 Treatment and therapeutic studies