Patient positioning in respiratory disease

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-52

  Shapiro, Robert ^a,b   Broccard, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral decubitus; Position; Posture; Prone; Respiratory disease; Supine

Indexed keywords

EID: 10144254473     PISSN: 10680640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00045413-199701000-00007     Document Type: Article

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