Category: B

The way in which a doctor behaves towards a patient, especially a patient who is in bed.  

Referring to someone who has been too ill to get out of bed over a long period of time. Confined to bed because of illness or injury. A person who is bedridden is one who is forced to stay in bed all the time because of illness, injury, or weakness. The term “bedridden” is used…

A period of time spent in bed in order to rest and recover from an illness. Staying in bed to rest when ill. Bed rest is used to help someone who has been sick to recover by resting completely. In t he past, doctors often prescribed bed rest. However, prolonged bed rest has many possible…

A dish into which someone can urinate or defecate without getting out of bed. A shallow toilet pan used by persons confined to their beds. Bedpans can be used by both men and women to urinate and defecate; men may also use a urinal. A bedpan should always be emptied and cleaned immediately after it…

The number of beds occupied in a hospital shown as a percentage of all the beds in the hospital.  

The percentage of beds in a hospital which are occupied. The number of hospital beds occupied by patients expressed as a percentage of the total beds available in the ward, specialty, hospital, area, or region. It may be recorded in relation to a defined point in time or more usefully for a period, when the…

A small insect which lives in dirty bedclothes and sucks blood. Arthropod that feeds on humans and other animals, sucking blood and causing redness, pain, and itching at the site of the bite. Bedbugs can be removed when covered with a jellylike preparation and the bite site treated with topical anti-inflammatory and analgesic preparations. A…

The fact of people being kept in hospital because other forms of care are not available, which means that other people cannot be treated. The term ‘bed-blockers’ is derogatory and should not be used. It implies the continued occupation of a hospital bed by patients who are fit to be discharged but cannot go home,…

A patient who does not need medical attention but continues to stay in hospital because suitable care is not available elsewhere.