Pressure Ulcer [dekubity]
topical
902
- Terms
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dekubitus
otlakový vřed
proleženina
tlaková léze
tlakové vředy
tlakový vřed
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Bed Sores
Bedsore
Decubitus Sore
Decubitus Ulcer
Pressure Injury
Pressure Sore
Persistent link
https://www.medvik.cz/link/D003668
Definition
An ulceration caused by prolonged pressure on the SKIN and TISSUES when one stays in one position for a long period of time, such as lying in bed. The bony areas of the body are the most frequently affected sites which become ischemic (ISCHEMIA) under sustained and constant pressure.
- Annotation
- pressure injury resulting from prolonged pressure on the skin and tissues is indexed here
- DUI
- D003668 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0005739
- History note
- 2006 (1963)
- Public note
- 2006; see DECUBITUS ULCER 1963-2005
Allowable subheadings
- BL
- blood
- CF
- cerebrospinal fluid
- CI
- chemically induced
- CL
- classification 61
- CO
- complications 30
- CN
- congenital
- DI
- diagnosis 64
- DG
- diagnostic imaging
- DH
- diet therapy 16
- DT
- drug therapy 50
- EC
- economics 21
- EM
- embryology
- EN
- enzymology
- EP
- epidemiology 47
- EH
- ethnology
- ET
- etiology 150
- GE
- genetics 1
- HI
- history
- IM
- immunology 1
- ME
- metabolism 1
- MI
- microbiology 3
- MO
- mortality 1
- NU
- nursing 299
- PS
- parasitology 1
- PA
- pathology 26
- PP
- physiopathology 14
- PC
- prevention & control 398
- PX
- psychology 3
- RT
- radiotherapy
- RH
- rehabilitation 6
- SU
- surgery 58
- TH
- therapy 352
- UR
- urine
- VE
- veterinary
- VI
- virology
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Occurrences in Medvik records
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Diseases