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MeSH Heading: Pressure Ulcer
Tree Number(s): C17.800.893.665
Unique ID: D003668
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003668
Annotation: 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.
Entry Term(s): Bed Sores; Bedsore; Decubitus Sore; Decubitus Ulcer; Pressure Injury; Pressure Sore
NLM Classification #: WR 598
Public MeSH Note: 2006; see DECUBITUS ULCER 1963-2005
History Note: 2006 (1963)
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2023/02/26

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

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.
Terms: Pressure Ulcer Preferred Term
Term UI T010680
Date01/07/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Bed Sores
Term UI T010681
Date06/17/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Bedsore
Term UI T010677
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Decubitus Ulcer
Term UI T010678
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1963); Pressure Sore
Term UI T010679
Date01/31/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Decubitus Sore
Term UI T001124003
Date08/29/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); Pressure Injury
Term UI T001124105
Date08/31/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024)

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