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lateral decubitus position

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lateral decubitus position
Orthopedics One of 2 positions–the other is the beach chair position—for placing Pts undergoing shoulder arthroscopy. See Position. Cf Beach chair position.


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The position of the tube needs to be rechecked with a bronchoscope after the patient is in the lateral decubitus position and prior to trocar incisions.
Two-dimensional, M-mode, and subsequent standard and pulsed tissue Doppler echocardiographic examinations were performed in each subject in the lateral decubitus position.
In the SA group, patients were administered spinal anesthesia using the midline approach with a 25-gauge Whitacre needle at the L3-4 or L4-5 intervertebral space with the patient in the lateral decubitus position.
 
 
 
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