The right position at the right time: Mobility makes a difference

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 179-182

  Vollman, Kathleen M ^a  

^a Advancing Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING; EDITORIAL; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG MECHANICS; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMONIA; SUPINE POSITION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ATELECTASIS; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING MECHANICS; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING;

ATELECTASIS; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; POSTURE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 4644356756     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2004.06.002     Document Type: Editorial

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