(n.) A sore on the back or hips caused by lying for a long time in bed.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the cervical vertebral-myelic trauma a high incidence of bronchopulmonary, metabolic, thromboembolic complications and bedsores is present.
(2) The use of the flexor hallucis longus tendon as an additional landmark has been tested in 71 patients scheduled for surgery on the foot (emergency trauma surgery, amputations, ingrowing toe-nails, removal of bedsores, verrucas).
(3) Our results suggest that the increased density of collagen fibrils may protect the skin of ALS patients from pressure ischemia, a major cause of bedsore formation.
(4) Failure of rods in 6 cases (of 461 detected) and 5 cases of inflammation of soft tissues (skin bedsores-type).
(5) There are frequent reports of the chronic nature of skin ulcers of varying etiology (burns, bedsores, wound diastasis, etc.
(6) Dynamic spine fitting not only enables the patient to accept his disability, take interest in vocational and social rehabilitation sooner than conventional methods, but also prevents the typical psychological and physiological complications, such as depression, neurasthenic status, urological complications and bedsores.
(7) Patients dying at home were (a) more likely to be fully alert shortly before death (P < 0.05); (b) less likely to be suffering from vomiting, incontinence, or bedsores (P < 0.001); and (c) less likely to have unrelieved physical distress (P < 0.05).
(8) All 5 cases of bedsores were the result of paraplegia.
(9) After that, the bedsore has been treated by Gebencream (1% Cream of Sulfadiazine silver) as usually.
(10) The drugs-mixture, as mentioned above, has been scattered over its bedsore before the usual traditional treatment.
(11) The main complications affecting the skin comprise the dermatologic toxicity of anticancer therapy, bedsores, malignant ulcers, sores due to nonmetastatic cancer, pruritus, and infections.
(12) This case of a malignant sacrococcygeal teratoma, usually a tumour of early childhood, presented as a bedsore in the lower end of the nuchal cleft of a 69-year-old man and proved to be malignant with a trophoblastic element.
(13) From 1984 to 1991, 5 cases of bedsores and 1 case of ulcer resulted from irradiation in gluteal region were repaired with gluteus maximus musculocutaneous flaps.
(14) The use of catheters for evacuation and lavage enables fast regeneration of intestinal peristalsis and rapid patient recovery thus preventing possible bedsores.
(15) We have measured and compared the mechanical properties of the skin, muscles and of a cushion designed to prevent bedsores.
(16) The authors report the results of a two years monitoring program focused on patients at risk of and with bedsores in the general hospital of Castelfranco Veneto.
(17) Out of 200 infections due to Bacteroides fragilis occurring over a period of three years 133 were related to the intestinal tract, 55 to the genitourinary tract, and the remainder were in bedsores and ulcers; 56% occurred in patients undergoing major intestinal surgery.B.
(18) The causes of bedsores and their complications are described, along with the preventive and surgical, medical and physiotherapeutic measures used in their treatment.
(19) The results suggest that these patients are best managed within their familiar environment, that femoral head replacement arthroplasty is appropriate for high fractures and that the prevention of bedsores in conservatively treated patients is of great importance.
(20) Mechanical stresses developed in the tissue during sitting or reclining could cause bedsores in paralyzed individuals.
Decubitus
Definition:
(n.) An attitude assumed in lying down; as, the dorsal decubitus.
Example Sentences:
(1) report the complications registered, in particular: lead's displacing 6.2%, run away 0.7%, marked hyperthermya 0.0%, haemorrage 0.4%, wound dehiscence 0.3%, asectic necrosis by decubitus 5%, septic necrosis 0.3%, perforation of the heart 0.2%, pulmonary embolism 0.1%.
(2) The adaptive filter processor was tested for retrospective identification of artifacts in 20 male volunteers who performed the following specific movements between epochs of quiet, supine breathing: raising arms and legs (slowly, quickly, once, and several times), sitting up, breathing deeply and rapidly, and rolling from a supine to a lateral decubitus position.
(3) In a double-blind fashion, all patients received 3 ml (7.5 mg) of either solution in the lateral decubitus position with the operated side up, the table being kept horizontal for 30 minutes after injection.
(4) In nine normal subjects duplicate measurements were made in the erect (seated), supine, and lateral decubitus posture, at a constant tidal volume (700 ml) and frequency (1 Hz) starting from functional residual capacity (FRC).
(5) The repair of decubitus ulcers in paraplegic patients often requires a prolonged stay in hospital and multiple operations, since the lesions are frequently multiple.
(6) IN EXAMINATION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE, SHORTENED TRANSIT TIME AND IMPROVED QUALITY WERE ACHIEVED BY USING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF REGIMEN: 1, No laxative; 2, nothing by mouth for 8 hours before examination; 3, 600 ml of micropulverized barium sulfate; 4, patient to lie in right decubitus position for at least one hour between films; and 5, ingestion of 200 ml of cool tap water a half hour after the start of the examination.
(7) Bacteriological examinations of decubitus ulcers were performed in 34 geriatric patients.
(8) Patients were tested in the sitting and right and left decubitus positions with and without the application of positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP).
(9) The only absolute contra-indication to urinary diversion is decubitus ulceration.
(10) A hemicorporectomy was successfully employed for control of intractable decubitus ulcers, osteomyelitis, and low-grade epidermoid cancer in a 55-year-old man marked reduction in pulmonary functions.
(11) These jugular abnormalities were exaggerated in the left lateral decubitus position.
(12) Our data did not show intracardiac aspiration to be superior to either external cardiac massage of left lateral decubitus position despite the shorter resuscitation time.
(13) Through the indwelling catheters or decubitus SA on the skin could cause easily severe systemic MRSA infections such as sepsis or endocarditis of in-patients.
(14) The radiology and emergency medicine literature have emphasized the value of the cross-table decubitus chest film taken with the hemithorax containing the suspected pathology in the dependent position.
(15) Infections of skin structure, particularly decubitus ulcers in debilitated, bedridden patients, are due to a mixed gram-negative and anaerobic flora; frequently, P. aeruginosa and Enterobacteriaceae resistant to many older agents are the major pathogens.
(16) To achieve this aim, alpha and beta adrenergic receptors were measured in biopsies obtained from intact skin used to surgically repair decubitus ulcers in SCI patients admitted to The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research.
(17) The treatment of venous air embolism was compared in adult mongrel dogs utilizing left lateral decubitus position, external cardiac massage, and intracardiac aspiration of air.
(18) The patients performed: 1) postural drainage with thoracic expansion exercises + forced expiration technique (FET) in the left decubitus position; 2) positive expiratory pressure (PEP)-mask breathing + FET; and 3) physical exercise on a bicycle ergometer + FET.
(19) Key features of a new technique for the closed reduction of both posttraumatic and artificial posteriorly dislocated hips include the lateral decubitus position, exaggeration of the deformity (hip flexion 100 degrees, internal rotation to 45 degrees, adduction to 45 degrees), palpation of the dislocated femoral head and greater trochanter and gravity-assisted reduction, utilizing a simultaneous push-pull maneuver.
(20) Either finding should lead to a prompt cross-table lateral or decubitus study to confirm the diagnosis and allow estimation of the size of the pneumothorax.