 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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Patient Positioning" by people in this website by year, and whether "Patient Positioning" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Positioning" by people in Profiles.
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Thomas T, Teitelbaum DH, Vellody R, Spremo D, Elkins S, Ladouceur R, Nagy D, Jarboe MD. Development of an operative suspension system for the performance of MRI-OR-guided laparoscopic anoplasty. Pediatr Surg Int. 2016 Mar; 32(3):301-6.
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Young M, Dempsey M, Rocha Ade L, Podeszwa DA. The cross-table lateral radiograph results in a significantly increased effective radiation dose compared with the Dunn and single frog lateral radiographs. J Pediatr Orthop. 2015 Mar; 35(2):157-61.
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Lu JC, Sable C, Ensing GJ, Webb C, Scheel J, Aliku T, Lwabi P, Godown J, Beaton A. Simplified rheumatic heart disease screening criteria for handheld echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2015 Apr; 28(4):463-9.
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Sada DM, Vellody R, Liu PS. Magnetic resonance angiography of the pediatric abdomen and pelvis: techniques and imaging findings. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2013 Nov; 21(4):843-60.
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Abo A, Chen L, Johnston P, Santucci K. Positioning for lumbar puncture in children evaluated by bedside ultrasound. Pediatrics. 2010 May; 125(5):e1149-53.
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