Automated rotational therapy for the prevention of respiratory complications during mechanical ventilation

Respiratory Care

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1447-1451

  MacIntyre, Neil R ^a   Helms, Michael ^a   Wunderink, Richard ^b   Schmidt, Gregory ^c   Sahn, Steven A ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immobility; Mechanical ventilation; Nosocomial pneumonia; Rotational therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ROTATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0033391676     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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