Efficacy of early prone or lateral positioning in patients with severe COVID-19: a single-center prospective cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Position intervention has been shown to improve oxygenation, but its role in non-invasively ventilated patients with severe COVID-19 has not been assessed. The objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of early position intervention on non-invasively ventilated patients with severe COVID-19.

Methods

This was a single-center, prospective observational study in consecutive patients with severe COVID-19 managed in a provisional ICU at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University from 31 January to 15 February 2020. Patients with chest CT showing exudation or consolidation in bilateral peripheral and posterior parts of the lungs were included. Early position intervention (prone or lateral) was commenced for > 4 hours daily for 10 days in these patients, while oth

SUBMITTER: Ni Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7543626 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature