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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 3/2012

01-03-2012 | Correspondence

“The beach position”: crossed legs as a marker for a favourable clinical course in neurological intensive care unit patients

Authors: Ulf C. Schneider, Peter Vajkoczy

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 3/2012

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Title
“The beach position”: crossed legs as a marker for a favourable clinical course in neurological intensive care unit patients
Authors
Ulf C. Schneider
Peter Vajkoczy
Publication date
01-03-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 3/2012
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-011-2443-6

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