The effect of prone positioning on ventilator parameters, blood gas levels, and ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care unit patients: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study was planned to compare the prone position and non-prone position groups and to evaluate arterial blood gas results, mechanical ventilator values and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) status before, during, and after patients were brought back to the non-prone position.

Design

This study is a randomized controlled trial with a parallel-group design and a 1:1 allocation ratio. A block randomisation method was used to ensure balanced allocation between two groups.

Setting

The research was conducted in the 14-bed and 26-bed general ICUs of two private hospitals on the European side of Istanbul.

Participants

The 94 eligible participants were randomly divided into two groups. 52 participants were assigned to the prone position group, while 4

SUBMITTER: Dedeoglu Demir B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11846282 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature