How to promote pulmonary health with kinetic therapy.
Kinetic Therapy can improve outcomes for immobilized patients, but the treatment can be costly. Using a protocol designed by critical care nurses, nurses in your units can provide cost-effective Kinetic Therapy.
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Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pa., USA.
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