American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Effects of continuous lateral rotation therapy on pulmonary complications in liver transplant patients.
When liver transplant candidates and recipients suffer from pulmonary complications of immobility, the results can be life-threatening. Continuous lateral rotation therapy has been reported to decrease complications of immobility. ⋯ Although continuous lateral rotation therapy did not affect duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay, or incidence of atelectasis, it was effective in decreasing the incidence of, and increasing onset time to, lower respiratory tract infection in the liver transplantation population.