Spatial Concept
trendelenburg
Definitions related to trendelenburg:
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A supine position with the person inclined at an angle of 45 degrees so that the pelvis is higher than the head.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Lying on the back, on an inclined plane, typically about 30-45 degrees, with head lowered and feet raised. Deprecation Comment:This concept has been deprecated because it does not describe a type of Act (as it should in the ActClass code system), but rather encodes the result or value of an observation. The same code has been added to the ObservationValue code system.NCI Health Level 7 VocabularyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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