Concept information
Preferred term
Pressure Ulcer
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Bed Sore
- Bedsore
- Bed Sores
- Bedsores
- Decubitus Sore
- Decubitus Sores
- Decubitus Ulcer
- Decubitus Ulcers
- Injury, Pressure
- Pressure Injuries
- Pressure Injury
- Pressure Sore
- Pressure Sores
- Sore, Bed
- Sore, Decubitus
- Sore, Pressure
- Ulcer, Decubitus
Note
- pressure injury resulting from prolonged pressure on the skin and tissues is indexed here
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 2006 (1963)
In other languages
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Finnish
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decubitus
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dekubitus
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makuuhaava
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makuuhaavat
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makuuhaavauma
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makuuhaavaumat
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painehaavat
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painehaavauma
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painehaavaumat
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ulcus decubitale
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Ulcus ex pressione
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Swedish
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Dekubitus
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Liggsår
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003668
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