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
  • 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
  • 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
  • For example, high rates of falls or bedsores may indicate neglect.
    — Donovan Slack, Usa Today, and Andrea Estes, USA TODAY, 25 June 2018
  • The suit also alleged Balin suffered from bedsores and kidney damage as well.
    — Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2018
  • 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
  • By April 2017, the bedsore on his right heel required the foot to be amputated.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Minor procedures — changing a diaper or moving her to prevent bedsores — cause her lungs to stop working.
    — Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • There were also bedsores on Hector’s body, according to officials.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Both cases ended tragically when the mothers died with severe infections due to bedsores.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Hospital personnel noticed numerous bedsores on the woman’s back, arms and legs, Gates said.
    — George Houde, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • There are also allegations neglect (including some resulting in bedsores) and rough treatment.
    — Joshua Stewart, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Aug. 2017
  • His death was due to complications from an infection caused by a bedsore, which led to heart failure, ABC News reported.
    — Maddie Garfinkle, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Nurses help minimize risks of bedsores and falls, make sure medications are properly given, and make decisions on whether to call a doctor or send a resident to a hospital.
    — Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • An autopsy showed the man, Robert Knight, died from bacterial pneumonia and a bone infection from the bedsore, according to court filings.
    — Caitlin McGlade, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
  • 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
  • Doctors at a hospital discovered extensive injuries, including hip fractures and advanced bedsores.
    — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Around-the-clock care for Cayla meant administering medications, changing her undergarments, feeding her five times a day through a tube and turning her every two hours to ward off bedsores.
    — OregonLive.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The frequency of 10 types of in-hospital injuries, including bedsores, hip fractures, blood clots, sepsis and post-surgical wound ruptures, are also assessed.
    — Jordan Rau, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta says 10 percent of the children in its intensive care unit are at serious risk of developing bedsores.
    — Monique John, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • There had been an extended illness, and her mother spent her final weeks lying on a special inflatable mattress, designed to prevent the bedsores that can develop from long periods of immobility.
    — Caitlin Doughty, Time, 4 Oct. 2017

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