Lateral positioning for critically ill adult patients: a systematic review Hewitt, Nicola 2013, Lateral positioning for critically ill adult patients: a systematic review, Master of Nursing thesis, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads hewitt-lateralpositioning-2013A.pdf Connect to thesis application/pdf 3.37MB 1619 Title Lateral positioning for critically ill adult patients: a systematic review Author Hewitt, Nicola orcid.org/0000-0002-7993-0133 Institution Deakin University School School of Nursing and Midwifery Faculty Faculty of Health Degree type Research masters Degree name Master of Nursing Thesis advisor Bucknall, Tracey orcid.org/0000-0001-9089-3583 Date submitted 2013-04 Keyword(s) Lateral positioning Critically ill patients Hypoxaemia Summary A systematic review was undertaken to evaluate the effect of lateral positioning compared to other body positions on morbidity, mortality, and clinical adverse events for critically ill patients. Twenty three studies met the criteria. Hypoxaemia was not consistently reported. No clinical practice recommendations could be drawn from the included studies due to methodological shortcomings. Language eng Field of Research 111003 Clinical Nursing: Secondary (Acute Care) 110310 Intensive Care Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences Description of original xxiv, 282 pages : tables, diagrams, some coloured Copyright notice ©The Author. All Rights Reserved Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30062940 Document type: Thesis Collections: Higher degree theses (Open Access) Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 06 May 2014, 14:02:15 EST Tue, 06 May 2014, 14:09:57 EST Tue, 17 Jun 2014, 09:44:18 EST Tue, 17 Jun 2014, 09:49:25 EST Wed, 03 Sep 2014, 10:30:49 EST Wed, 04 Jan 2017, 11:02:54 EST Thu, 09 Mar 2017, 07:02:00 EST Thu, 09 Mar 2017, 08:47:26 EST Fri, 10 Aug 2018, 12:21:55 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 19:13:14 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 229 Abstract Views, 1651 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 06 May 2014, 14:02:05 EST by Belinda Lee