Decompensation

Pathology, Physiology

Also known as: Failure of compensation

Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.

This article defines decompensation as a failure of compensatory mechanisms within the body. It emphasizes that the concept can only be understood in relation to the broader physiological concept of compensation.

Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)

DECOMPENSATION, or a disturbance of compensation (balancing, in the literal sense of the word), can be understood only in connection with the concept of compensation (see).

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“Decompensation.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/decompensation/