Heads down
- 26 April 2005
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Neurology
- Vol. 64 (8), 1354-1357
- https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000158284.41705.a5
Abstract
Background: Acute stroke patients are routinely positioned with the head of the bed (HOB) elevated at 30° despite lack of evidence for increased intracranial pressure.Keywords
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