Awake prone positioning reduced need for intubation in selected patients with severe COVID-19, a meta-analysis showed. In pooled randomized controlled trials (RCTs), awake prone positioning ...
Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Prone positioning significantly reduced the need for intubation among nonintubated adults with ...
In nonintubated patients with COVID-related hypoxemic respiratory failure, daily awake prone positioning (APP) for 6 hours showed a more than 90% probability of reducing intubation and/or death ...
Data showed that survival without intubation was improved with APP, compared to supine positioning. The risk of intubation and hospital mortality were also reduced with APP. Additionally, the time ...
We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Patients intubated for COVID-19 were less likely to die ...
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses released standardized guidelines to assist nurses in caring for patients undergoing prone positioning therapy, according to a May 16 practice alert. In ...
Prone positioning improves oxygenation and decreases mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). 1 This print supplement to the video reviews the procedure for placing ...
Awake prone positioning is a well-established non-pharmacological intervention to improve lung oxygenation. During the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, this process has received ...