Table 3.

Incidence rates of pressure ulcers in different hospital departments

Unit name	Numbers of studies	Pressure ulcer incidence
ICU	18	13.7%(95% CI: 10.9-16.5)
Internal	2	4.1%(95% CI: 1.3-9.5)
Orthopedic	3	18.5%(95% CI: 11.5-25)
General	2	10.5%(95% CI: 3-18)
Surgical	2	10.8%(95% CI: 10-20.6)
Nephrological ICU	3	12.8%(95% CI: 4.6-20.9)
Nephrology	1	2.6%(95% CI: 2.5-7.7)
Emergency Department	2	6.2%(95% CI: 2.9-9.5)
Oncology	2	14.5%(95% CI: 9-29.8)