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A left lateral body position increases pulmonary vein stress in healthy humans
Physiological Reports, 2021 Pulmonary vein (PV) stretch is proarrhythmic for atrial fibrillation (AF). AF patients often report that a left lateral (LL) body position can trigger arrhythmia symptoms.
Lisa A. Gottlieb +9 more
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Postural Effect on Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Sitting Versus Supine [PDF]
Sleep Medicine Research, 2022 Postural effects on breathing are evident in most patients with obstructive sleep apnea. However, the impact varies depending on an individual’s habitual sleeping position. Here, an age 40 obese male with typical sleep apnea symptoms is presented. He had
Ki-Hwan Ji
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Assessment of shoulder active range of motion in prone versus supine:A reliability and concurrent validity study [PDF]
, 2015 Background: As swimming and surfing are prone dominant sports, it would be more sport specific to assess shoulder active range of motion in this position.
Abbott, Allan +4 more
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Whole breast radiotherapy in prone and supine position: is there a place for multi-beam IMRT? [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Early stage breast cancer patients are long-term survivors and finding techniques that may lower acute and late radiotherapy-induced toxicity is crucial.
De Gersem, Werner +5 more
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019 BackgroundMuscle strength measurements using hand-held dynamometry (HHD) can be affected by the inadequate strength of the tester and lack of stabilization of the participants and the device.
K. Sung, Y. Yi, Hyung-Ik Shin
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Critical Care Research and Practice, 2023 Background. This systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was performed to compare the safety and efficacy of supine vs. nonsupine positions during intubation. Methods.
Chriselyn F. Palma +7 more
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Individual positioning: a comparative study of adjuvant breast radiotherapy in the prone versus supine position [PDF]
, 2009 PURPOSE: To study breast radiotherapy in the prone vs. supine positions through dosimetry and clinical implementation. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Conformal radiotherapy plans in 61 patients requiring only breast irradiation were developed for both the prone ...
Hideghéty Katalin +5 more
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The supine position for elbow surgery [PDF]
Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2012 It is not possible to turn patients who have spinal injuries, unstable pelvic injuries requiring an external fixator and polytrauma patients prior to spinal clearance. We describe a simple technique to overcome these problems while maintaining the access required for emergent and elective elbow surgery.
Wijeratna, MD +2 more
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Best Practices in Second Stage Labor Care: Maternal Bearing Down and Positioning [PDF]
, 2007 Despite evidence of adverse fetal and maternal outcomes from the use of sustained Valsalva bearing down efforts, current second-stage care practices are still characterized by uniform directions to “push” forcefully upon complete dilatation of the cervix
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists +8 more
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