What's the difference between decubitus and reclining?

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.

Reclining


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recline
  • (a.) Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular.
  • (a.) Recumbent.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) All examinations were performed during winter on reclined relaxed subjects present for at least 10 min in a test room with controlled temperature and relative humidity (t degrees: 19.5-20.7 degrees C and RH: 47.3-60.3%).
  • (2) 50 min after each subject had consumed an amount of water equal to 1% of his body weight, he reclined on a cot.
  • (3) Surface electrodes measured electromyographic activity of the low-back extensor, hip adductor and ankle plantar-flexor muscles when the body was at 0 degree (upright) and 30 degrees (recline) relative to the vertical.
  • (4) The short-term antiorthostatic position was associated with a disordered hormonal control, reduced plasma aldosterone and enhanced plasma renin activity, as compared to the respective parameters of the reclining position.
  • (5) Patients scoring high on the Pain Control and Rational Thinking factor of the CSQ were much less functionally impaired, walked a 5 m course more rapidly and moved from a standing to a sitting or reclining position more quickly than patients scoring low on this factor.
  • (6) There are smaller innovations whose simplicity prompts the question of why they weren't introduced earlier: holders for cups separate from the pull-down meal trays, and a reclining function that pushes your backside and legs forward rather than thrusting the back of your chair into the face of the person behind.
  • (7) The Cat reclined on a pile of mattresses in his tent.
  • (8) I would recline back and listen to music, and read the paper or a book I thought would impress her.
  • (9) The patients were examined in reclined position, the head retroflected.
  • (10) In contrast, a backrest-only recline of 20 degrees causes a 25% increase in the surface shear force.
  • (11) The scapular region is from 1 to 2 deg F hotter than the sacral region for subjects reclining on Mylar.
  • (12) Specific changes were detected in the gel patterns which could be correlated with the loss of muscle function as measured by the exhaustion score (the ability of chicks to rise from a reclining position) in three experimental groups (exhaustion scores: less than 3, 10-20, greater than 30).
  • (13) The enormous amounts of activity in the subjects required the detector to be positioned at a height of 2.05 m. Subjects were required to wear disposable clothing and lie on a reclining, fiberglass chair.
  • (14) Small amounts of water and taste solutions were applied to the posterior tongue of the subject as he reclined on a dental chair.
  • (15) Within the limitations of the study (no counterbalancing of order and twice as many ABPM measures as watch measures), we found significant differences in frequency of being at home or in miscellaneous settings, in standing and reclining positions, and in mental, physical and miscellaneous activities between the two occasions.
  • (16) Subjects were seated reclining 30 degrees from upright, and respiratory muscle weakness was produced by pancuronium bromide until RC inspiratory capacity was decreased to 60% of control.
  • (17) To determine whether the left space that is neglected after right hemisphere lesions is body centered or environment centered, we asked patients with right hemisphere stroke and normal controls to report the contents of spatial arrays of objects or words, either while seated or while reclining on their side.
  • (18) Six young males, resting in a dorsal reclining position, were exposed successively to a thermoneutral environment (30 min), a cold environment (1 degrees C; cold) or thermoneutrality (control) for 120 min, and during a 60-min recovery period in thermoneutral conditions.
  • (19) Then, they exercised using a bicycle ergometer in a semi-reclining position for 45 min at 40% of maximal oxygen uptake.
  • (20) However, Rupert Murdoch was sitting in the editor’s chair while Larry reclined on the settee the other side of the room.

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