Body positioning of intensive care patients: Clinical practice versus standards

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2588-2592

  Krishnagopalan, Sreenandh ^a   Johnson, E William ^a   Low, Lewis L ^a   Kaufman, Larry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Body positioning; Critically ill patients; Nursing strategies; Postoperative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036853010     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200211000-00031     Document Type: Article

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