"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Positioning" by people in Profiles.
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Liu H, Zhao D, Sabit A, Pathiravasan CH, Ishigami J, Charleston J, Miller ER, Matsushita K, Appel LJ, Brady TM. Arm Position and Blood Pressure Readings: The ARMS Crossover Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 12 01; 184(12):1436-1442.
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Champion AF, Congiusta AD, Manski AF, Lee JM, Duca A. Does Positioning During Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Operations Influence the Development of Upper Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy? J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 09; 82(9):1032-1037.
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Stolzenberg D, Issa TZ, Boyd J, Boctor MJ, Tran D, Kitei PM, Schroeder GD. Basivertebral Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation (Intracept): Procedural Technique. Clin Spine Surg. 2024 06 01; 37(5):223-229.
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Sacchetti AD, Crookshank A, Leidy K. A Novel Solution to Patients Exceeding Weight Limit on Computed Tomography Scanner. Ann Emerg Med. 2021 08; 78(2):313-314.
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Kandregula S, Matias CM, Malla BR, Sperling MR, Wu C, Sharan AD. Accuracy of Electrode Insertion Using Frame-Based With Robot Guidance Technique in Stereotactic Electroencephalography: Supine Versus Lateral Position. World Neurosurg. 2021 10; 154:e325-e332.
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Stolzenberg D, Ahn JJ, Lendner M, Kurd M. Thoracolumbar Spinal Cord Stimulator Trial: Procedural Technique. Clin Spine Surg. 2021 03 01; 34(2):51-55.
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Teixido M, Casserly R, Melley LE. Lateral Modified Brandt-Daroff Exercises: A Novel Home Treatment Technique for Horizontal Canal BPPV. J Int Adv Otol. 2021 Jan; 17(1):52-57.
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Wendt C, Mobus K, Weiner D, Eskin B, Allegra JR. Prone Positioning of Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Who Are Nonintubated in Hypoxic Respiratory Distress: Single-Site Retrospective Health Records Review. J Emerg Nurs. 2021 Mar; 47(2):279-287.e1.
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Wang H, Xu Z, Grantham K, Zhou Y, Cui T, Zhang Y, Liu B, Wang X, Vergalasova I, Reyhan M, Weiner J, Danish SF, Yue N, Nie K. Performance assessment of two motion management systems for frameless stereotactic radiosurgery. Strahlenther Onkol. 2021 Feb; 197(2):150-157.
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Dowlati E, Zhou T, Stewart J, Felbaum DR, Liu AH, Mai JC, Armonda RA. Head Repositioning during Neurointerventional Procedures to Optimize Biplanar Imaging. J Neuroimaging. 2020 09; 30(5):603-608.