Prone position for acute respiratory failure in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Bloomfield, Roxanna ^a   Noble, David W ^a   Sudlow, Alexis ^b  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DECUBITUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MORTALITY RATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONE POSITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANOXIA; BODY POSTURE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANOXIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRONE POSITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84962573051     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008095.pub2     Document Type: Review

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