The effect of four different surgical prone positions on cardiovascular parameters in healthy volunteers

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 819-822

  Wadsworth, R ^a   Anderton, J M ^a   Vohra, A ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Position; prone, effects, cardiovascular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLOMETRY; PATIENT POSITIONING; SUPINE POSITION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0029790504     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb12608.x     Document Type: Article

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