Effects of elevating the head of bed on interface pressure in volunteers

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3038-3042

  Peterson, M ^a,b   Schwab, W ^a   McCutcheon, K ^b   Van Oostrom, J H ^a,b   Gravenstein, N ^a   Caruso, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed elevation; Interface pressures; Pressure ulcers; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERFACE PRESSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SKIN; SUPINE POSITION; THERAPY EFFECT; VOLUNTEER; BACK; BED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; BEDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 56049114216     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31818b8dbd     Document Type: Article

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