A novel method of continuous measurement of head of bed elevation in ventilated patients

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1050-1054

  Balonov, Konstantin ^a   Miller, Andrew D ^b   Lisbon, Alan ^c   Kaynar, A Murat ^d  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous measurement; Guidelines; Head of bed elevation; Prevention; Pulmonary aspiration; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECUMBENCY; SEMIRECUMBENCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BEDS; CRITICAL CARE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MASSACHUSETTS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 34249734682     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0616-0     Document Type: Article

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