Intubation rate of patients with hypoxia due to COVID-19 treated with awake proning: A meta-analysis

Awake prone positioning (PP), or proning, is used to avoid intubations in hypoxic patients with COVID-19, but because of the disease's novelty and constant evolution of treatment strategies, the efficacy of awake PP is unclear. We conducted a meta-analysis of the literature to assess the intubation rate among patients with COVID-19 requiring oxygen or noninvasive ventilatory support who underwent awake PP.

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - January 27, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Stephanie Car, Jessica Downing, Reem Alfalasi, Vera Bzhilyanskaya, David Milzman, Mehboob Rehan, Bradford Schwartz, Isha Yardi, Fariba Yazdanpanah, Quincy K. Tran Source Type: research