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.
    

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The trainer's ointment.

Hospitals equipment ephemera. Box 2.

Le décubitus acutus post-opératoire en gynécologie : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier le 25 juin 1904 / par Dominique Jolieu.

The Royal Hospital and Home, Putney : an internationally recognised centre for the treatment and rehabilitation of severely disabled people.

Pressure sores / edited by J.C. Barbenel, C.D. Forbes, and G.D.O. Lowe.

Bed-sores : their prevention and cure / by Catherine W. Smart.

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Hospitals equipment ephemera. Box 2.

Le décubitus acutus post-opératoire en gynécologie : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier le 25 juin 1904 / par Dominique Jolieu.

The Royal Hospital and Home, Putney : an internationally recognised centre for the treatment and rehabilitation of severely disabled people.

Pressure sores / edited by J.C. Barbenel, C.D. Forbes, and G.D.O. Lowe.

Bed-sores : their prevention and cure / by Catherine W. Smart.