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Mobilizing the ECMO Patients: Prone Positioning During Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (vvECMO)

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This chapter deals with adult venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (vvECMO) patients who will benefit from proning sessions.

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Valera, S. (2017). Mobilizing the ECMO Patients: Prone Positioning During Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (vvECMO). In: Mossadegh, C., Combes, A. (eds) Nursing Care and ECMO. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20101-6_7

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