Lateral positioning for critically ill adult patients

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Hewitt, Nicky ^a   Bucknall, Tracey ^a   Glanville, David ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Critical Care Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED VENTILATION; BODY POSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

EID: 55049138639     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007205     Document Type: Review

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