tripod position

tripod position
1. a position assumed by the patient with abdominal weakness or meningeal irritation while sitting in bed, supporting the body with the hands in a plane posterior to the pelvis. 2. a sitting position assumed by the patient with respiratory insufficiency, with the hands anterior to the frontal plane. See also tripoding.

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