Used in the hospital in one of two ways.To refer to bedsores, also known as decubitus ulcers.To refer to a kind of roentgenogram of the chest made with the patient on his side, often sought to see if fluid seen around the lungs in a regular chest x-ray will shift and can be tapped.
Used in the hospital in one of two ways.
To refer to bedsores, also known as decubitus ulcers.
To refer to a kind of roentgenogram of the chest made with the patient on his side, often sought to see if fluid seen around the lungs in a regular chest x-ray will shift and can be tapped.