Awake prone positioning in COVID-19 hypoxemic respiratory failure: exploratory findings in a single-center retrospective cohort study.

CONCLUSIONS: Awake prone positioning was not associated with lower intubation rates. Caution is necessary before widespread adoption of this technique, pending results of clinical trials.
PMID: 33107664 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing - October 27, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Padrão EM, Valente FS, Besen BA, Rahhal H, Mesquita PS, de Alencar JC, da Costa MG, Wanderley AP, Emerenciano DL, Bortoleto FM, Fortes JC, Marques B, de Souza SF, Marchini JF, Neto RA, de Souza HP, COVIDTEAM Tags: Acad Emerg Med Source Type: research