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LATERAL DECUBITUS POSITION [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A position in which a patient lies on his or her side.

OBS

Is used especially in radiography and in making a lumbar puncture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Position où le patient est couché sur le côté horizontalement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
DEF

[Posición anatómica en la que el paciente] permanece apoyado sobre un costado, derecho o izquierdo, con las extremidades extendidas.

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