Kinetic bed therapy to prevent nosocomial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 4 Summary of the complications noted in randomized clinical trials of kinetic bed therapy

Study	Complications
	Kinetic bed therapy group	Control group
Ahrens [17]	21/118 patients were not tolerant of the bed	NR
Bhazad [29]	NR	NR
Kirschenbaum [23]	6/17 developed pressure ulcers	5/20 developed pressure ulcers
Macintyre [7]	1/53 patients were intolerant of the bed
	10% unplanned extubation	2% unplanned extubation
	2% loss of vascular lines	0% loss of vascular lines
	11% cardiac arrest	2% cardiac arrest
	23% new arrhythmia	14% new arrhythmia
	11% urinary tract infection	27% urinary tract infection
Gietzen [30]	NR	NR
Traver [27]	NR	NR
Whiteman [29]	5/33 patients were not tolerant of the bed	NR
	2/33 patients complained of neck or back stiffness
deBloisbanc [19]	3/51 patients were not tolerant of the bed	NR
Nelson [24]	NR	NR
Shapiro [25]	4/16 patients were not tolerant of the bed	NR
Clemmer [18]	NR	NR
Fink [21]	13/51 patients taken off the kinetic therapy bed due to problems with skeletal traction, increased intracranial pressure, compression of unstable facial fractures or intolerance	NR
Demarest [20]	NR	NR
Summer [26]	1/41 facial ulcer	NR
	1/41 frequent premature ventricular contractions with turning
Gentilello [22]	Decubitus ulcers 29.6%	Decubitus ulcers 26.3%

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