decompensated
Body's coping collapsed
Decompensated describes a body system that has lost its ability to compensate for disease or dysfunction.
The heart, liver, or other organs may maintain adequate function despite damage—until they can't.
A decompensated heart can no longer pump effectively; decompensated cirrhosis means the liver has crossed from stable to failing.
The patient arrived in decompensated heart failure.
In psychiatric contexts, a decompensated patient has deteriorated after a period of stability.
Severe reality detachment
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- relapseReturn to former illness
- destabilizationCausing loss of stability
hospitalization · medication · noncompliance · mania · delusions · hallucinations · agitation · suicidal
Lack of success
- dysfunctionAbnormal or unhealthy operation
- collapseSudden structural failure
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- declineDecrease or refuse
impairment · insufficiency · organ · systemic · metabolic · homeostasis · reserve · acute
Irreversible hepatic scarring
- liver failureOrgan stops filtering blood
- encephalopathyDisease impairing brain function
- jaundiceYellowing from bile pigment
- ascitesAbdominal cavity fluid accumulation
ammonia · bilirubin · albumin · hepatocyte · lactulose · transplant · bleeding · confusion
Inadequate blood pumping condition
- systolicOf heart contraction
- diastolicHeart's filling phase
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- edemaPathological tissue puffiness
cardiomyopathy · ventricular · pulmonary edema · dyspnea · BNP · diuretics · hepatomegaly · ascites
psychosis
Severe reality detachment
destabilization · hospitalization · medication · noncompliance · mania · delusions · hallucinations · agitation · suicidal · acute
failure
Lack of success
- dysfunctionAbnormal or unhealthy operation
- collapseSudden structural failure
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
decline · impairment · insufficiency · organ · systemic · metabolic · homeostasis · reserve · acute · chronic
cirrhosis
Irreversible hepatic scarring
- liver failureOrgan stops filtering blood
- encephalopathyDisease impairing brain function
- jaundiceYellowing from bile pigment
ascites · ammonia · bilirubin · albumin · hepatocyte · lactulose · transplant · bleeding · confusion · coma
heart failure
Inadequate blood pumping condition
- systolicOf heart contraction
- diastolicHeart's filling phase
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
edema · cardiomyopathy · ventricular · pulmonary edema · dyspnea · BNP · diuretics · hepatomegaly · ascites · afterload
- organ functionfunctional, impaired, normal, healthy, failing
- medical adjectivessurgical, cardiac, orthopedic, malignant, respiratory
decompensatedcompensated
Paid for service rendered
stable · stabilized · controlled · balanced · regulated
decompensatedcompensated
Paid for service rendered
stable · recovering · improved · resolving · stabilized