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Their prompt diagnosis and treatment are important, and several studies have proposed solutions to help healthcare professionals in this process. This work analyzes studies that use machine-learning algorithms for risk assessment and management of preventive treatments for pressure ulcers. More specifically, it focuses on the use of machine-learning algorithms that combine information from intrinsic and extrinsic pressure-ulcer predisposing factors to produce recommendations\/alerts to healthcare professionals. The review includes articles published from January 2010 to June 2021. From 60 records screened, seven articles were analyzed in full-text form. The results show that most of the proposed algorithms do not use information related to both intrinsic and extrinsic predisposing factors and that many of the approaches separately address one of the following three components: data acquisition; data analysis, and production of complementary support to well-informed clinical decision-making. Additionally, only a few studies describe in detail the outputs of the algorithm, such as alerts and recommendations, without assessing their impacts on healthcare professionals\u2019 activities.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/informatics8040076","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,11]],"date-time":"2021-11-11T23:07:21Z","timestamp":1636672041000},"page":"76","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":29,"title":["Literature Review of Machine-Learning Algorithms for Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Challenges and Opportunities"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1225-3844","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fernando","family":"Ribeiro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"R&D Unit in Digital Services, Applications and Content, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-767 Castelo Branco, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Filipe","family":"Fidalgo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"R&D Unit in Digital Services, Applications and Content, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-767 Castelo Branco, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0620-7518","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Arlindo","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"R&D Unit in Digital Services, Applications and Content, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-767 Castelo Branco, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7327-2109","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Metr\u00f4lho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"R&D Unit in Digital Services, Applications and Content, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-767 Castelo Branco, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Osvaldo","family":"Santos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"R&D Unit in Digital Services, Applications and Content, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-767 Castelo Branco, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6810-2447","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rog\u00e9rio","family":"Dionisio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"R&D Unit in Digital Services, Applications and Content, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-767 Castelo Branco, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"1186","article-title":"Pressure ulcers: Prevention, evaluation, and management","volume":"78","author":"Bluestein","year":"2008","journal-title":"Am. 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