Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Awake proning, or positioning COVID-19 patients on their stomachs to increase oxygenation, might ...
Two new reports offer conflicting data about the proper use of prone positioning -- a belly-down approach to improve respiration -- in hospitalized, non-intubated patients with COVID-19. One study, ...
We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. In a systematic review and meta-analysis, Weatherald and ...
Placing hospitalized COVID-19 patients on their stomach is helpful if they're on a mechanical ventilator, but a new study suggests it's not a good idea for patients who are not intubated. "Awake" ...
Oxygenation improved in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 with severe hypoxemic respiratory failure when they were placed in the prone position, a small study in New York City found. One hour after ...
Rush University Medical Center demonstrates the awake prone positioning of a patient who uses high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...