title: [Short version S2e guidelines: "Positioning therapy and early mobilization for prophylaxis or therapy of pulmonary function disorders"].
abstract: The German Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI) commissioned a revision of the S2 guidelines on "positioning therapy for prophylaxis or therapy of pulmonary function disorders" from 2008. Because of the increasing clinical and scientific relevance the guidelines were extended to include the issue of "early mobilization" and the following main topics are therefore included: use of positioning therapy and early mobilization for prophylaxis and therapy of pulmonary function disorders, undesired effects and complications of positioning therapy and early mobilization as well as practical aspects of the use of positioning therapy and early mobilization. These guidelines are the result of a systematic literature search and the subsequent critical evaluation of the evidence with scientific methods. The methodological approach for the process of development of the guidelines followed the requirements of evidence-based medicine, as defined as the standard by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany. Recently published articles after 2005 were examined with respect to positioning therapy and the recently accepted aspect of early mobilization incorporates all literature published up to June 2014.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, 93042, Regensburg, Deutschland, thomas.bein@ukr.de.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bein
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bischoff
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Brückner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gebhardt
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authors.lastname: Henzler
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authors.lastname: Hermes
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authors.lastname: Lewandowski
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Max
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nothacker
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Staudinger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tryba
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authors.lastname: Weber-Carstens
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authors.lastname: Wrigge
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000592:standards; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D004434:Early Ambulation / Q000592:standards*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D056888:Patient Positioning / Q000592:standards*; D019990:Perioperative Care