Using the beach chair position in ICU patients

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Caraviello, Kelly Anne Pennington ^a   Nemeth, Lynne S ^a   Dumas, Bonnie Pleasants ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; NURSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POSTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954582035     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ccn2010425     Document Type: Note

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