pressure ulcer
chronic ulcer of skin where the ulcer is an ulceration of tissue deprived of adequate blood supply by prolonged pressure
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Summary
pressure ulcer is a class of disease[1]. It draws 5,158 Wikipedia views per month (class of disease category, ranking #313 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: chronic ulcer of skin[3], disease[4]
- Commons category: Pressure ulcers[5]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[6], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[9]
- ICD-9-CM: 707.00[10], 707.0[11]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C50706[12]
- Different from: ulcer[13]
- Health specialty: dermatology[14]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: collagenase clostridium histolyticum[15], nitric oxide[16]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_8717[17], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:8717[18], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0012399[19]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[20]
Why It Matters
pressure ulcer has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]