Aim:

To describe dependence-related lesions in a high level of care cardiovascular clinic in the city of Medellin, Colombia, in 2018.

Method:

Retrospective descriptive study with a non-probabilistic sample. Quantitative data were calculated with median and their respective interquartile ranges, minimum and maximum values. Qualitative data is presented with absolute and relative frequencies.

Results:

167 patients suffered dependence-related lesions, incidence 2.8%. The most frequent lesions were caused by medical devices (50.9%), by pressure (28.7), by Medical Adhesive-Related Skin Injury (18.6), and by humidity (1.8%). There were not friction injuries. 73.1% of the lesions occurred in adult patients. % had a high risk classification; 60.5% of the injuries were category 1. According to the anatomical site, most lesions were presented in the face and neck (47.9%), followed by the pelvis and lower limbs (40.1%). In the quality analysis it was found that 60.5% were avoidable.

Conclusions:

The majority of dependence-related lesions were secondary to the use of medical devices. It is necessary to make more researches that show the different type of dependence-related lesions, since caring and prevention measures vary according to the production mechanism.

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