How to Use bedsore in a Sentence

bedsore

noun

• He is propped up on his right side by a hard blue pillow to help heal a painful bedsore.
  — Helen Ubiñas, Philly.com, 18 May 2018
• By April 2017, the bedsore on his right heel required the foot to be amputated.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2021
• At night, the workers here turn her every few hours, to prevent bedsores.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• At night, the workers here turn her every few hours, to prevent bedsores.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• At night, the workers here turn her every few hours, to prevent bedsores.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• At night, the workers here turn her every few hours, to prevent bedsores.
  — Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2017
• At night, the workers here turn her every few hours, to prevent bedsores.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• At night, the workers here turn her every few hours, to prevent bedsores.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• At night, the workers here turn her every few hours, to prevent bedsores.
  — Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2017
• At night, the workers here turn her every few hours, to prevent bedsores.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• At night, the workers here turn her every few hours, to prevent bedsores.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• This helped relieve the back pain and also prevented bedsores.
  — Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2023
• With proper nursing care to avoid bedsores and infections, these patients can live for years.
  — Christof Koch, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2017
• The suit also alleged Balin suffered from bedsores and kidney damage as well.
  — Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2018
• Clinical notes say one bedsore on her buttocks measured more than 1.5 inches deep.
  — IndyStar, 13 Dec. 2020
• The state's 175 hospitals report far more medical errors, but many are for bedsores, which are not a problem in out-patient surgery centers.
  — Mark Alesia, Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2018
• For example, high rates of falls or bedsores may indicate neglect.
  — Donovan Slack, Usa Today, and Andrea Estes, USA TODAY, 25 June 2018
• For example, high rates of falls or bedsores may indicate neglect.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2018
• Patients at the Prescott center reported a lower ratio of falls, bedsores and ulcers than the VA average at nursing homes.
  — Dennis Wagner, azcentral, 17 June 2018
• The elderly woman had a bedsore on her knee that exposed a surgical screw from an old operation, Gates said.
  — George Houde, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2018
• During that time, staff at the nursing home owned by HHC allowed a bedsore to develop on her right buttock, according to a lawsuit filed by her family.
  — IndyStar, 11 Mar. 2020
• For example, take a common problem like bedsores, which can develop if a resident is confined to bed and staff do not turn the person often enough.
  — Ruth Talbot, ProPublica, 18 July 2023
• There were no bedsores, and his skin condition was excellent, Dr. Sammarco said.
  — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2017
• In that case, one resident's bedsore was so badly infected her leg had to be amputated.
  — Tony Cook, The Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2021
• When nurses tucked pillows under him or subtly shifted him to prevent bedsores, his oxygen levels would crater.
  — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2020
• The report, produced by The Leapfrog Group twice a year, grades hospitals on 27 measures of safety, including hand hygiene, intensive care unit physician staffing, bedsores and falls.
  — Lisa Schencker, chicagotribune.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• Hospital personnel noticed numerous bedsores on the woman’s back, arms and legs, Gates said.
  — George Houde, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2018
• Minor procedures — changing a diaper or moving her to prevent bedsores — cause her lungs to stop working.
  — Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2020
• Surely her loving-kindness would vanish as soon as the iPad went dark, and her demeanor would reveal an eagerness to be rid of this Covid-ic old guy with his bedsore and immobile hip, his catheter and oxygen tubing.
  — Lorrie Moore, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2020
• But even with a private nurse, my father soon developed bedsores, and then suffered the agony of an orchiectomy to remove gangrenous testicles.
  — Lynn Freed, Harper's magazine, 10 Mar. 2019