 Patient Positioning
"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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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Positioning" by people in Profiles.
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Gamboa A, Paranjape SY, Black BK, Arnold AC, Figueroa R, Okamoto LE, Nwazue VC, Diedrich A, Plummer WD, Dupont WD, Robertson D, Raj SR. Inspiratory resistance improves postural tachycardia: a randomized study. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2015 Jun; 8(3):651-8.
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King MA, Dey J, Johnson K, Dasari P, Mukherjee JM, McNamara JE, Konik A, Lindsay C, Zheng S, Coughlin D. Use of MRI to assess the prediction of heart motion with gross body motion in myocardial perfusion imaging by stereotracking of markers on the body surface. Med Phys. 2013 Nov; 40(11):112504.
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Nguyen C, Kettler MD, Swirsky ME, Miller VI, Scott C, Krause R, Hadro JA. Male breast disease: pictorial review with radiologic-pathologic correlation. Radiographics. 2013 May; 33(3):763-79.
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Hughes S, Leary A, Zweizig S, Cain J. Surgery in elderly people: preoperative, operative and postoperative care to assist healing. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2013 Oct; 27(5):753-65.
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Alroumi F, Sarwar A, Grgurich PE, Lei Y, Hudcova J, Craven DE. Strategies for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: bundles, devices, and medications for improved patient outcomes. Hosp Pract (1995). 2012 Feb; 40(1):81-92.
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Boyle JR, Silva JA, Mc Millan S, Busconi BD. Mechanics of hip arthroscopy. Clin Sports Med. 2011 Apr; 30(2):285-92.
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Solomon B, Bizekis C, Dellis SL, Donington JS, Oliker A, Balsam LB, Zervos M, Galloway AC, Pass H, Grossi EA. Simulating video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy: a virtual reality cognitive task simulation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Jan; 141(1):249-55.
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Stern RL, Liu T. Dwell position inaccuracy in the Varian GammaMed HDR ring applicator. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2010 Sep 07; 11(4):3158.
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Mayo CS, Ding L, Addesa A, Kadish S, Fitzgerald TJ, Moser R. Initial experience with volumetric IMRT (RapidArc) for intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Dec 1; 78(5):1457-66.
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Dipaola CP, Conrad BP, Horodyski M, Dipaola MJ, Sawers A, Rechtine GR. Cervical spine motion generated with manual versus jackson table turning methods in a cadaveric c1-c2 global instability model. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Dec 15; 34(26):2912-8.
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