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DeCS

Descriptor English:

Moving and Lifting Patients

Descriptor Spanish:

Movimiento y Levantamiento de Pacientes

Descriptor Portuguese:

Movimentação e Reposicionamento de Pacientes

Synonyms English:

Patient Moving and Lifting

Tree Number:

Definition English:

Moving or repositioning patients within their beds, from bed to bed, bed to chair, or otherwise from one posture or surface to another.

Indexing Annotation English:

do not confuse with PATIENT TRANSFER (interfacility or intrahospital transfer for administrative reasons with regard to special care or economics) or with TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS or with PATIENT POSITIONING

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History Note English:

2009

Allowable Qualifiers English:

AE adverse effects	CL classification
CT contraindications	EC economics
ES ethics	HI history
IS instrumentation	MT methods
MO mortality	NU nursing
PX psychology	ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data	TD trends
UT utilization	VE veterinary

Record Number:

53390

Unique Identifier:

D055805

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