Extended prone positioning duration for COVID-19-related ARDS: benefits and detriments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many more patients were turned prone than before, resulting in a considerable increase in workload. Whether extending duration of prone position may be beneficial has received little attention. We report here benefits and detriments of a strategy of extended prone positioning duration for COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

Methods

A eetrospective, monocentric, study was performed on intensive care unit patients with COVID-19-related ARDS who required tracheal intubation and who have been treated with at least one session of prone position of duration greater or equal to 24 h. When prone positioning sessions were initiated, patients were kept prone for a period that covered two nights. Data regarding the incid

SUBMITTER: Walter T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9263064 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature