decubitus ulcer

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See bedsore.

[Medieval Latin dcubitus, lying down, being bedridden, from past participle of Latin dcumbere, to lie down; see decumbent.]

decubitus ulcer

(Medicine / Pathology) a chronic ulcer of the skin and underlying tissues caused by prolonged pressure on the body surface of bedridden patients Nontechnical names bedsore pressure sore

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decubitus ulcer - a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients)

bedsore, pressure sore

ulcer, ulceration - a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue

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bedsore pressure sore ulcer ulceration	Protecting the sacrum can be very big challenge for surgeons when they are performing a procedure on one of their patients These sacral decubitus ulcers that form are very dangerous and can be prevented if the proper precautions are taken Protecting the sacrum can be very big challenge for surgeons when they are performing a procedure on one of their patients. Pressure Relief Gel for Decubitus Ulcer Prevention by Stephen Lamb / Business community Gentiva's maintained the trial court erred in denying its motion for a directed verdict, abused its discretion by admitting three 8 x 10 photographs of the decubitus ulcer into evidence, and in allowing the jury to take poster-sized copies of the photographs into the jury room during its deliberations, since the 8 x 10 photographs were "missing. Treatment of decubitus ulcers botched: verdict for $3,050,000 by Tammelleo, A. David / Nursing Law's Regan Report Approximately ten days after arriving at the hospital, Venton developed a decubitus ulcer (commonly referred to as a bedsore) on her coccyx that ultimately expanded into a wound measuring six by ten inches. MS: Drs. and nurses failed to treat bedsores: court allocated fifty ... by Tammelleo, A. David / Medical Law's Regan Report	decretal Decretals Decrete Decretion decretist decretive Decretorial Decretorily decretory Decretum Decrew Decrial Decrier decriminalisation decriminalise decriminalization decriminalize Decrown decrudescence Decrustation decry decrypt decryption Decubation decubitus decubitus ulcer Deculassement Decuman Decumaria Decumaria barbara Decumaria barbata decumary Decumbence decumbent Decumbently decumbiture decuple decurion Decurionate Decurrence decurrent Decursion Decursive Decursively Decursively pinnate Decurt Decurtation decurved decury decussate Decussately	decubital gangrene decubital gangrene decubital ulcer decubital ulcer decubital ulcer decubital ulcers Decubiti Decubiti Decubiti Decubitis Decubitis Decubitis decubitus decubitus decubitus decubitus angina decubitus calculus decubitus film decubitus paralysis decubitus paralysis decubitus paralysis decubitus paralysis decubitus position decubitus position decubitus position decubitus position decubitus position decubitus posture decubitus projection decubitus radiograph decubitus ulcer decubitus ulcer care Decubitus ulcers Decubitus ulcers Decubitus ulcers Deculassement Decuman Decumaria Decumaria barbara Decumaria barbata decumary decumbence decumbence decumbency decumbency decumbent decumbent Decumbently Decumbently Decumbiture decuple decupled decuples decupling decuply Decuria decurion decurion Decurionate Decurions Decurions

Protecting the sacrum can be very big challenge for surgeons when they are performing a procedure on one of their patients These sacral decubitus ulcers that form are very dangerous and can be prevented if the proper precautions are taken Protecting the sacrum can be very big challenge for surgeons when they are performing a procedure on one of their patients.

Pressure Relief Gel for Decubitus Ulcer Prevention by Stephen Lamb / Business community

Gentiva's maintained the trial court erred in denying its motion for a directed verdict, abused its discretion by admitting three 8 x 10 photographs of the decubitus ulcer into evidence, and in allowing the jury to take poster-sized copies of the photographs into the jury room during its deliberations, since the 8 x 10 photographs were "missing.

Treatment of decubitus ulcers botched: verdict for $3,050,000 by Tammelleo, A. David / Nursing Law's Regan Report

Approximately ten days after arriving at the hospital, Venton developed a decubitus ulcer (commonly referred to as a bedsore) on her coccyx that ultimately expanded into a wound measuring six by ten inches.

MS: Drs. and nurses failed to treat bedsores: court allocated fifty ... by Tammelleo, A. David / Medical Law's Regan Report

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