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What is Bedsores?

What is Bedsores?

• Bedsores: Skin ulcers from prolonged pressure.
• Bedsores: ulceration caused by prolonged pressure in patients permitted to lie too still for a long period of time; bony prominences of the body are the most frequently affected sites; ulcer is caused by ischemia of the underlying structures of the skin, fat, and muscles as a result of the sustained and constant pressure.
  Source - Diseases Database
• Bedsores: a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients).
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Bedsores: Introduction

Types of Bedsores:

Broader types of Bedsores:

• Ulcer
• more types...»

How many people get Bedsores?

Incidence (annual) of Bedsores: 474,692 new cases of decubitus ulcer occurred in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
Incidence Rate of Bedsores: approx 1 in 573 or 0.17% or 474,692 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Bedsores?

Complications of Bedsores: see complications of Bedsores
Deaths for Bedsores: 34,320 deaths from decubitus ulcers were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)

What causes Bedsores?

Causes of Bedsores: see causes of Bedsores
Risk factors for Bedsores: see risk factors for Bedsores

What are the symptoms of Bedsores?

Symptoms of Bedsores: see symptoms of Bedsores

Complications of Bedsores: see complications of Bedsores

Bedsores: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Bedsores.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Bedsores.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Bedsores: see treatments for Bedsores
Prevention of Bedsores: see prevention of Bedsores
Research for Bedsores: see research for Bedsores

Society issues for Bedsores

Cost statistics for Bedsores: The following are statistics from various sources about costs and Bedsores:

• $2,574.02 million in excess cost of treating decubitus ulcer was attributable to a patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
• $2.57 million is spent on preventable decubitis ulcer annually in America 2000-02 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
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Hospitalization statistics for Bedsores: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Bedsores:

• 0.024% (3,095) of hospital consultant episodes were for decubitus ulcer in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 71% of hospital consultant episodes for decubitus ulcer required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 43% of hospital consultant episodes for decubitus ulcer were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 57% of hospital consultant episodes for decubitus ulcer were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 68% of hospital consultant episodes for decubitus ulcer required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 38.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for decubitus ulcer in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 21 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for decubitus ulcer in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Bedsores:

Organs and body systems related to Bedsores include:

• Buttocks
• Shoulders
• Elbows
• Heels

Name and Aliases of Bedsores

Main name of condition: Bedsores

Other names or spellings for Bedsores:

pressure sores, pressure ulcer, decubitus ulcer

Bed sore, Pressure sores, Decubitus ulcer Source - Diseases Database

Pressure sore, Decubitus ulcer, Bedsore, Pressure sore, Bedsore, Decubitus ulcer
Source - WordNet 2.1

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Bedsores:

• Pressure ulcer
• Decubitus ulcer
• Wound healing
• Gangrene
• Liquefactive necrosis
• Sepsis
• Amyloidosis
• Anemia
• Hematoma
• Seroma

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