Clinical and financial outcomes of lateral rotation low air-loss therapy in patients in the intensive care unit

Heart and Lung - The Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 315-320

  Takiguchi, Sharon A ^a   Myers, Sally A ^a   Yu, Mihae ^a   Levy, Mitchell M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEDS; COHORT STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL CARE; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHYSICAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029119875     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9563(05)80076-7     Document Type: Article

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