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These regimens included (1) routine turning by the ICU staff every 2 h from the left lateral to the right lateral position; (2) routine turning by the ICU staff every 2 h from the left lateral to the right lateral position including a 15-min period of manual percussion and postural drainage (P&PD) by the respiratory therapists; (3) continuous lateral rotation (CLR) with a specialized bed (Effica; Hill-Rom, Batesville, Indiana, USA) that turned patients from left to right lateral position, pausing at each position for 2 min; and 4) CLR with a specialized bed (Effica) that turned patients from left to right lateral position, pausing at each position for 2 min, and a 15-min period of percussion provided by the pneumatic cushions of the bed every 2 h.
Changes in body position are an important part of postural drainage and this is most likely to be the mechanism through which secretion clearance is enhanced.
In late ARDS, pathophysiological changes seem to render postural changes largely ineffective.
The Chiropractic Mercy Center Consensus Conference held in January 1993 identified and rated the value of various measurement instruments related to spinal joint functional assessment that could be used as reference standards [ 43 ] . Based on their critical review of the literature, Troyanovich and Harrison [ 44 ] suggested postural assessment instruments and radiographic measurement as valid, reliable and clinically useful objective measurement tools to help identify dysfunctional spinal vertebral joints.
Other clinical applications of laser Doppler imaging to the measurement of cutaneous blood flow include the effects of postural changes in blood flow in venous leg ulcers [ 20], the assessment of digital perfusion following arterial repair [ 21], skin perfusion overlying benign and malignant breast disease [ 36] and the effect of prostaglandins on ischaemic ulcers [ 37].
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