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1. A garment to be worn by a patient during hospitalization in an ICU/CCU/NICU setting, the garment comprising:
an upper portion adapted to cover an anterior upper body of the patient, the upper portion including a pair of upper panels, each of the upper panels having a superior edge, an inferior edge, a side edge, and a central edge, one of the upper panels having an elongate rear neck panel permanently affixed to the superior edge thereof and extending from the superior edge of the one of the upper panels toward the other of the other upper panels, the neck panel having a free end releasably attached to the superior edge of the other of the upper panels with a first cooperating fastener, the neck panel and the front panels defining an opening for receiving a head and a neck of the patient when the front panels are releasably attached at the central edges of the front panels with a second cooperating fastener; a lower portion adapted to cover an anterior lower body of the patient, the lower portion having an abdominal panel with a superior edge disposed at approximately a navel level of the patient, a pair of inferior edges disposed at a mid-calf level of the patient, a pair of side edges, and a pair of central edges, each of the central edges extending upwardly from one of the inferior edges and away from the side edges to a genital panel over a genital area of the patient, the central edges, the side edges, and the inferior edges of the abdominal panel defining a pair of leg extensions configured to cover the front legs of the patient, the superior edge of the abdominal panel releasably attached to the inferior edges of each of the upper panels with a pair of third fasteners, the inferior edges of each of the leg extensions having fourth cooperating fasteners disposed at opposite corners thereof, the fourth cooperating fasteners being releasably attached to permit each of the leg extensions to encircle a leg of the patient at mid-calf level at only a hemline of the leg extension, the genital panel providing a modest coverage for the patient wherein the genital panel can be moved to expose the genital area of the patient without moving the leg extensions from covering the anterior lower body of the patient; and a separate rear portion adapted to selectively cover a posterior of the patient, the rear portion having a rear panel with an upper edge, a lower edge, and a pair of side edges, the side edges releasably attached to the side edges of one of the upper portion and the lower portion at the mid-hip level of the patient with fifth and sixth cooperating fasteners, and opposite corners of the upper edge of the rear panel releasably attached to the superior edges of the upper panels of the upper portion with seventh and eighth cooperating fasteners, wherein the rear portion can be selectively attached to and detached completely from the garment solely by the fifth through the eighth fasteners, wherein a posterior of the patient is completely exposed from a shoulder level of the patient to a mid-calf level of the patient when the rear portion is open, wherein the posterior of the patient is completely covered from the shoulder level of the patient to the mid-calf level of the patient when the rear portion is closed, and wherein when the garment is placed on the patient lying face up in a bed the rear portion can be positioned beside the patient and attached to the garment by at least one of the fifth band seventh fasteners or at least one of the sixth and eighth fasteners to militate against the occurrence of skin irritations and bed sores on the patient. |
