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Definition of Decubitus ulcer

1. Noun. A chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients).

Medical Definition of Decubitus ulcer

1. A chronic ulcer that appears in pressure areas in debilitated patients confined to bed or otherwise immobilised, due to a circulatory defect from the enhanced tissue pressure in high-contact areas, often occurring over a bony prominence (for example sacral decubitus). (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decubitus Ulcer

Literary usage of Decubitus ulcer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"This is called infarction A decubitus ulcer, then, is a hole or gap in the ... The earliest sign of a decubitus ulcer is an area of redness which does not ..."

2. Pressure Ulcers in Adults: Prediction & Prevention (1992)
"... therapy and the decubitus ulcer: preliminary dermatologie studies. ... underlying pressure-time relationship in decubitus ulcer formation [abstract]. ..."

3. Treatment Of Pressure Ulcers: Clinical Practice Guideline by Nancy Bergstrom (1997)
"... therapy and the decubitus ulcer: preliminary dermatologie studies. Int J Dermatol 1980 Nov; 19(9):517-8. Park CA. Activity positioning and ischial ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"Over the sacrum there is a large decubitus ulcer, . . . also a second small ulcer over the left great trochanter. . . . The subcutaneous fat is of a deep ..."

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