Manual vs Automated Lateral Rotation to Reduce Preventable Pulmonary Complications in Ventilator Patients
Author(s) -
Sandra K. Hanneman,
Gary Michael Gusick,
Sean Hamlin,
Sheryln Wachtel,
Stanley G. Cron,
Deborah J. Jones,
Sandra A. A. Oldham
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of critical care
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1937-710X
pISSN - 1062-3264
DOI - 10.4037/ajcc2015171
Subject(s) - medicine , mechanical ventilation , wilcoxon signed rank test , randomized controlled trial , incidence (geometry) , intensive care unit , exact test , adverse effect , mann–whitney u test , emergency medicine , physical therapy , physics , optics
To estimate effect sizes for a trial to compare preventable pulmonary complications (PPCs), turning-related adverse events, mechanical ventilation duration, intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay, and ICU mortality between patients randomized to 2-hourly manual or continuous automated lateral rotation.
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