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decubitus ulcer [də′kyüb·əd·əs ′əl·sər]

(medicine)

An ulcer of the skin and subcutaneous tissues following prolonged lying down, due to pressure on bony protuberances. Also known as bedsore; pressure ulcer.

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No references found	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	decree absolute decree nisi Decree on Land Decree on Peace Decree on Primogeniture Decrees of the Soviet Government Decrees on the Court Decrement decrement field decrement gage decremental arc decremental chain Decremeter decrepitation decretal Decretals decrypt decryption DeCSS DECstation DECsystem DECT DECtalk DECtape Dectra decubitus ulcer decumbent Decurion decurrent DECUS Decus cpp decussate decussate structure DECwindows DECwrite decyl decyl acetate decyl alcohol decyl aldehyde decylene decyltrichlorosilane DED Ded Moroz Dedalus, Stephen Dedalus, Stephen "heretical" Dedan Dedekind Dedekind Cut Dedekind test Dedekind's Axiom Dedekind, Julius Wilhelm Richard	DECU DECU EMU Acceptance Rig Decubation decubital decubital ulcer decubital ulcer decubital ulcer decubital ulcers Decubiti Decubiti Decubiti Decubitis Decubitis Decubitis decubitus decubitus decubitus decubitus angina decubitus calculus decubitus paralysis decubitus paralysis decubitus paralysis decubitus paralysis decubitus position decubitus position decubitus position decubitus position decubitus position decubitus posture decubitus projection 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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