Use of the prone position in the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 192-203

  Ball, Carol ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BODY POSTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSING; REVIEW; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; OXYGEN; PRONE POSITION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033170571     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-3397(99)80070-6     Document Type: Article

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