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  • Thumbnail for Sims' position
    Sigmoidoscopy Pamela J. Carter; Susan Lewsen (2005). "11. Positioning, lifting, and transferring patients and residents". Lippincott's Textbook for Nursing Assistants:...
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    embolism, unintentional injuries to intra-abdominal structures and patient positioning. The most significant risks are from trocar injuries during insertion...
    46 KB (5,692 words) - 00:16, 25 June 2024
  • Surgical positioning is the practice of placing a patient in a particular physical position during surgery. The goal in selecting and adjusting a particular...
    9 KB (1,197 words) - 04:36, 17 June 2024
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    (August 12, 2005) Doyle, Glynda Rees; McCutcheon, Jodie Anita (2015-11-23). "3.5 Positioning Patients in Bed". Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care....
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    In medicine, Fowler's position is a standard patient position in which the patient is seated in a semi-sitting position (45–60 degrees) and may have knees...
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  • time of surgery.[citation needed] The patient should be kept horizontal, as assuming the Trendelenburg position (head tilt down 20°) reduces the intra-vesical...
    10 KB (1,265 words) - 09:42, 4 June 2024
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    Proning (redirect from Prone positioning)
    prone positioning is the placement of patients into a prone position so that they are lying on their front. This is used in the treatment of patients in...
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  • during a course of radiation treatment, used to direct the treatment, position the patient, and compare to the pre-therapy imaging from the treatment plan....
    23 KB (3,071 words) - 13:09, 19 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Lithotomy position
    lithotomy position involves the positioning of an individual's feet above or at the same level as the hips (often in stirrups), with the perineum positioned at...
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    or L4 and L5 space in order to avoid injury to the spinal cord. Patient positioning is essential to the success of the procedure and can affect how the...
    20 KB (2,511 words) - 14:46, 21 June 2024
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    and orthodontics. Integrated CBCT is also an important tool for patient positioning and verification in image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT). During...
    36 KB (4,143 words) - 08:54, 14 August 2024
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    year later, Digital Lightbox was brought to the market, allowing digital patient images to be viewed and manipulated in the operating room. Digital Lightbox...
    24 KB (1,797 words) - 03:39, 19 June 2024
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    professionals use this term to describe the position of a patient, they first state the part of the body on which the patient is resting followed by the word decubitus...
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    during cardiac arrest are discouraged. Before intubation, patients need correct patient positioning and ventilation with 100% oxygen. The purpose of ventilation...
    33 KB (4,183 words) - 03:36, 21 July 2024
  • infection for the patient. Dental splints have been traditionally used for transferring and reproducing 3D reference landmarks for positioning cast models in...
    12 KB (1,450 words) - 12:19, 22 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Tomotherapy
    radiation beam, but the external appearance of the machine, the patient positioning, and treatment delivery is different. Conventional linacs do not...
    22 KB (2,058 words) - 01:40, 19 February 2024
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    stay in the hospital as well as reduced risk of wound infection. Patient positioning is of utmost importance to ensure safety of the fetus during the...
    29 KB (3,163 words) - 09:19, 25 May 2024
  • condition of the patient and is required to assess if changes to the treatment plan are required. This is accomplished through patient re-positioning, dose calculations...
    14 KB (1,614 words) - 10:50, 26 December 2023
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    patient will have to be placed in an identical position during each treatment. Many patient positioning devices have been developed for this purpose, including...
    113 KB (13,531 words) - 14:33, 23 July 2024
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    Woman on top is any sex position in which the woman is on top of her sexual partner during sexual activity. The position most commonly associated with...
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