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May 19, 2015 09:44
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a decubito
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Investigations and procedures for a patient with Ischaemic Dilated Cardiomypoathy
This patient has had an implantable defibrillator inserted and then has it removed (espianto). The expression "a decubito" is used but does not appear to have anything to do with the decubitus position. I wonder if it has a special or idiomatic meaning? This is the context:
Ad Ottobre 2010 è stato sottoposto ad impianto di CRT-D presso l'U.O. di Cardiologia di C****. In seguito A DECUBITO (my capitals) di tale dispositivo ad Agosto 2012, il paziente è stato sottoposto ad espianto presso il nostro Istituto e dopo un mese a nuovo reimpianto controlateralmente.
Could "decubito" mean "insertion" or "failure" if used figuratively?
Some help would be mightily appreciated...
Ad Ottobre 2010 è stato sottoposto ad impianto di CRT-D presso l'U.O. di Cardiologia di C****. In seguito A DECUBITO (my capitals) di tale dispositivo ad Agosto 2012, il paziente è stato sottoposto ad espianto presso il nostro Istituto e dopo un mese a nuovo reimpianto controlateralmente.
Could "decubito" mean "insertion" or "failure" if used figuratively?
Some help would be mightily appreciated...
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May 19, 2015 18:01: Shera Lyn Parpia changed "Term asked" from "\"a decubito\"" to "a decubito"
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Serena Basili
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DECUBITO always implies a lesion, IMHO
I hope this can help you, have a look at the second meaning
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Note from asker:
| Thank you for your input, Serena. I have discovered that the term in this context describes a lesion in the skin overlying the pulse generator. |
Discussion
Surgical and biological complications of pacemakers are infection, decubitus, and migration of the pulse generator.
Pacemaker pocket infection occurs becuase of the reasons listed above.
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Decubitus is the term for perforation of the skin overlying the pulse generator. The causes are: a non-obvious chronic infection (often cause by an organism of low-virulence)...
Possibly called skin (or pacemaker) "erosion"
http://tinyurl.com/paj5wkv (page 309-310 )
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC483647/
and here : http://tinyurl.com/pzbp49z