"Patient Positioning" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Moving a patient into a specific position or POSTURE to facilitate examination, surgery, or for therapeutic purposes.
| Descriptor ID |
D056888
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.670 N02.421.585.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Positioning- Patient Positioning
- Patient Positionings
- Positioning, Patient
- Positionings, Patient
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 2018 | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 27 | 19 | 46 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 24 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Positioning" by people in Profiles.
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Innovative Partnership Between Intensive Care Unit Nurses and Therapists to Care for Patients With COVID-19. Crit Care Nurse. 2022 Feb 01; 42(1):44-54.
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Facial Scars Due to Prone Position Pressure Ulcers: Underestimated Sequelae in COVID-19 Survivors? Aesthet Surg J. 2021 Oct 15; 41(11):NP1812-NP1813.
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Prone Positioning of Nonintubated Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Crit Care Med. 2021 10 01; 49(10):e1001-e1014.
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Awake Prone Positioning in Non-Intubated Patients With COVID-19. Respir Care. 2022 02; 67(2):280-281.
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Effect of awake prone position on diaphragmatic thickening fraction in patients assisted by noninvasive ventilation for hypoxemic acute respiratory failure related to novel coronavirus disease. Crit Care. 2021 08 24; 25(1):305.
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Awake prone positioning for COVID-19 acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure: a randomised, controlled, multinational, open-label meta-trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 12; 9(12):1387-1395.
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Awake prone positioning in COVID-19: is tummy time ready for prime time? Lancet Respir Med. 2021 12; 9(12):1347-1349.
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Lung Recruiting Effect of Prone Positioning in Spontaneously Breathing Patients with COVID-19 Assessed by Electrical Impedance Tomography. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 08 15; 204(4):476-477.
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Rationale and design of the Prone Position and Respiratory Outcomes in Non-intubated COVID-19 PatiEnts: The "PRONE" Study. Contemp Clin Trials. 2021 10; 109:106541.
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in prone position: usefulness in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Emergencias. 2021 08; 33(4):327-328.