Pressure on the face while in the prone position: ProneView™ versus Prone Positioner™

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-116

  Atwater, Benjamin I ^a   Wahrenbrock, Eric ^a   Benumof, Jonathan L ^a   Mazzei, William J ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial; Patient positioning; Prone positioning devices; Surface pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FACE; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZATION; VOLUNTEER; WAKEFULNESS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; PRESSURE; PRONE POSITION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 2142762957     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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