Surprising physiologic side effects of an alternating pressure air mattress during prone position in an ARDS patient

Intensive Care Med. 2014 Feb;40(2):286-287. doi: 10.1007/s00134-013-3165-8. Epub 2013 Nov 29.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Beds*
  • Equipment Design
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oximetry
  • Patient Positioning*
  • Pressure
  • Prone Position / physiology*
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / physiopathology*