Brachial plexopathy after prone positioning

Critical Care

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 540-542

  Goettler, Claudia E ^a   Pryor, John P ^b   Reilly, Patrick M ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult respiratory syndrome; Brachial plexopathy; Prone position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY POSTURE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PRONE POSITION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 0036893008     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc1823     Document Type: Review

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