Conscious prone positioning during non-invasive ventilation in COVID-19 patients: experience from a single centre.

ABSTRACT: Critically ill patients admitted to hospital following SARS-CoV-2 infection often experience hypoxic respiratory failure and a proportion require invasive mechanical ventilation to maintain adequate oxygenation. The combination of prone positioning and non-invasive ventilation in conscious patients may have a role in improving oxygenation. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of prone positioning in spontaneously ventilating patients receiving non-invasive ventilation admitted to the intensive care.  Clinical data of 81 patients admitted with COVID 19 pneumonia and acute hypoxic respiratory failure were retrieved from electronic medical records and examined. Patients who had received prone positioning in combination with non-invasive ventilation were identified. A total of 20

SUBMITTER: Burton-Papp HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7578762 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature