Lateral positioning for critically ill adult patients

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Hewitt, Nicky ^a,b,c   Bucknall, Tracey ^a,b   Faraone, Nardene M ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Alfred Health   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BODY POSITION; CONSENSUS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DATA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE OXYGENATION; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANOXIA; BLOOD; BODY POSTURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UNCERTAINTY;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANOXIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84966711844     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007205.pub2     Document Type: Review

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