Positioning practices for ventilated intensive care patients: current practice, indications and contraindications

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 122-132

  Thomas, Peter J ^a,b   Paratz, Jennifer D ^b,c   Stanton, Warren R ^b   Deans, Renae ^a   Lipman, Jeffrey ^a,b,d  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Division of Physiotherapy   (United Kingdom)

^d Burns Trauma and Critical Care Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BED REST; BODY POSTURE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; BED REST; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSENSUS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); POSTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249000374     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1036-7314(06)80025-1     Document Type: Article

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