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Descriptor English: Pressure Ulcer
Descriptor Spanish: Úlcera por Presión
Descriptor úlcera por presión
Entry term(s) escara
llaga por presión
úlcera de decúbito
Scope note: Ulceración producida por la presión prolongada sobre la PIEL y los TEJIDOS cuando se permanece en una posición durante un largo período de tiempo, como la permanencia en cama. Las áreas huesudas del cuerpo son las más frecuentemente afectadas, llegando a tornarse isquémicas (ISQUEMIA) cuando están sometidas a una presión constante.
Descriptor Portuguese: Lesão por Pressão
Descriptor French: Escarre
Entry term(s): Bed Sore
Bed Sores
Bedsore
Bedsores
Decubitus Ulcer
Decubitus Ulcers
Pressure Sore
Pressure Sores
Pressure Ulcers
Sore, Bed
Sore, Pressure
Sores, Bed
Sores, Pressure
Ulcer, Decubitus
Ulcer, Pressure
Ulcers, Decubitus
Ulcers, Pressure
Tree number(s): C17.800.893.665
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003668
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.
Annotation: pressure injury resulting from prolonged pressure on the skin and tissues is indexed here
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2006; see DECUBITUS ULCER 1963-2005
History Note: 2006 (1963)
DeCS ID: 3681
Unique ID: D003668
NLM Classification: WR 598
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Pressure Ulcer - Preferred
Concept UI M0005739
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.
Preferred term Pressure Ulcer
Entry term(s) Bed Sore
Bed Sores
Bedsore
Bedsores
Decubitus Ulcer
Decubitus Ulcers
Pressure Sore
Pressure Sores
Pressure Ulcers
Sore, Bed
Sore, Pressure
Sores, Bed
Sores, Pressure
Ulcer, Decubitus
Ulcer, Pressure
Ulcers, Decubitus
Ulcers, Pressure



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