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Examples of decubitus
decubitus
Bedsores, or decubitus ulcers, plague many patients who must remain immobile for long periods.
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She died from sepsis, severe decubitus ulcers, malnutrition, dehydration, and chronic hydrocephalus, court records show.
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Lorna George died from sepsis, severe decubitus ulcers, malnutrition, dehydration, and chronic hydrocephalus, court records show.
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Called decubitus ulcers, bedsores develop quickly when tissue dies after blood is squeezed out by body weight acting on such pressure points as the base of the spine.
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None of the other 24 patients, who were sore-free but considered sore-prone, developed decubitus ulcers after being on the waterbeds for an average of 27.5 days.
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- A reclining position (as in a bed)
- Lying, also called recumbency or prostration, or decubitus in medicine (from the Latin verb decumbere u2032to lie downu2032), is a type of human position in which the body is more or less horizontal and supported along its length by the surface underneath. Lying is the most common position while being immobilized, e.g. in bedrest while sleeping or being struck by injury or disease.
- Pressure area, bed sore, skin opening, skin breakdown. A discolored or open area of skin damage caused by pressure. Common areas most prone to breakdown are buttocks or backside, hips, shoulder blades, heels, ankles and elbows.
- Refer to a body position that causes undue pressure on certain parts of the body, which can lead to the eventual breakdown of skin and underlying tissue. Decubitus sores also are called bed sores or pressure sores.
- An opening of the skin, obtained in bed, which requires special topical treatment and body positioning to heal. Also called a pressure ulcer or pressure sore.
- Patient laying down. Further described by the downside body surface: dorsal (backside down), ventral (frontside down), or lateral (left or right side down).
- One's posture or position in bed
- Pressure sore or skin ulcer.
