Trendelenburg positioning to treat acute hypotension: Helpful or harmful?

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 181-187

  Shammas, Amber ^a   Clark, Angela P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; NURSE CLINICIANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447323891     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NUR.0000280485.03389.52     Document Type: Review

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