Journal of Critical Care
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 23-32 , March 2006

Clinical trial design—effect of prone positioning on clinical outcomes in infants and children with acute respiratory distress syndrome

  • Martha A.Q. Curley, RN, PhD, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care and Cardiovascular Nursing, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Medical-Surgical ICU, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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  • John H. Arnold, MD

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care and Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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  • John E. Thompson, RRT

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Therapy, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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  • James C. Fackler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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  • Mary Jo Grant, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Nursing Research, Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84113, USA
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  • Lori D. Fineman, RN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Critical Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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  • Natalie Cvijanovich, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Critical Care, Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA 94609, USA
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  • Frederick E. Barr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Nashville, TN 37232-9075, USA
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  • Shirley Molitor-Kirsch, RN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Nursing, Children's Medical Center of Dallas
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  • David M. Steinhorn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
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  • Michael A. Matthay, MD

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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  • Patricia L. Hibberd, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Research Resources, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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  • for the Pediatric Prone Positioning Study Group

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☆ Funding: National Institutes of Nursing Research RO1NR05336.

PII: S0883-9441(05)00214-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2005.12.004

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 23-32 , March 2006

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