"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 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Positioning" by people in Profiles.
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Prone Positioning and Survival in Mechanically Ventilated Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019-Related Respiratory Failure. Crit Care Med. 2021 07 01; 49(7):1026-1037.
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Association Between Early Treatment With Tocilizumab and Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 01 01; 181(1):41-51.
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Fetal bradycardia associated with maternal hypothermia after fetoscopic repair of neural tube defect. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Mar; 51(3):411-412.
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The Parasternal Short-Axis View Improves Diagnostic Accuracy for Inferior Sinus Venosus Type of Atrial Septal Defects by Transthoracic Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2017 Mar; 30(3):209-215.
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Advantages of simulating thoracic cancer patients in an upright position. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 Jan-Feb; 4(1):e53-8.
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Use of treatment log files in spot scanning proton therapy as part of patient-specific quality assurance. Med Phys. 2013 Feb; 40(2):021703.
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Radiography of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2012 Dec; 199(6):1252-8.
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A quality assurance procedure to evaluate cone-beam CT image center congruence with the radiation isocenter of a linear accelerator. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2010 Jul 02; 11(4):3297.
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Radiation for Hodgkin's lymphoma in young female patients: a new technique to avoid the breasts and decrease the dose to the heart. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Feb 01; 79(2):503-7.
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A novel technique for planning surgical approaches to the pineal region by using external cranial landmarks. J Neurosurg. 2010 Nov; 113(5):1000-3.