Glossary
- Decubitus ulcer
- Decubitus ulcer is a chronic wound which may afflict the superficial layers of the skin all the way down to the deep layers of the connective tissue and even the bone.
- Drainage
- In medicine drainage refers to the systematic withdrawal of increased or diseased fluids, gases and discharges to re-establish normal conditions
- duodenal tube
- Duodenal tubes are long plastic tubes inserted through the mouth or nose into the duodenum (first part of the small intestine)…