title: [Complications of patient positioning].
abstract: Complications related to wrong or improper perioperative positioning are preventable events. Nevertheless patients may suffer from these complications much more than from the original pathology. In a short review a focus is set on the prone and supine position. Finally remarks for prevention are added.
authors.affiliation: Department Anästhesie, Kantonsspital Basel.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Staender
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016684:Prone Position / Q000502:physiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016683:Supine Position / Q000502:physiology*